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Banjo clock
1812–18
Object Place: Concord, Massachusetts, or Burlington, Vermont, United States
Medium/Technique
Mahogany, reverse glass paintings, painted dial, gilded brass finial, brass gears
Dimensions
106.7 x 26.0 x 10.5 cm (42 x 10 1/4 x 4 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Henry Saltonstall Howe
Accession Number1994.316
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
DescriptionBanjo clock having a round, painted face bearing Roman numerals and surmounted by a gilded brass eagle finial. Cut brass side brackets flank the throat, which has reverse painting on glass of leafage, below which is a baroque flourish and the word PATENT. A reverse painted on glass image on the lower tablet of a landscape with a house bordering a river. The image is set within a gilded, foliated framework. The whole is surrounded by white paint. The gilded presentation bracket below the tablet bears an acorn terminus.
InscriptionsPainted on throat: "PATENT"
ProvenanceHenry Saltonstall Howe (b. 1910 - d. 1994), Boston; 1994, bequest of Henry Saltonstall Howe to the MFA. (Accession Date December 14, 1994)