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by Turner, Ansel
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Ansel Turner, Roxbury, Massachusetts, mahogany patent timepiece or "banjo" clock, No. 27, with gilded acorn final over the brass bezel and painted iron arabic numeral dial, the waist section, flanked by brass side ornaments, the cross banded frame containing a reverse-painted glass with gilt leafage and cross hatching on a salmon ground, the box door also with cross-banded frame, housing a reverse-painted glass marked "S. Willard's Patent" and "E Pluribus Unum" shown on banners held by the American eagle and Lady Liberty, with staff and the Liberty Cap, all leaning on the remains of the globe with latitude and longitude markings and with aperture for viewing pendulum, eight day timepiece movement with t bridge suspension, step train, and recoil escapement, powered by a lead weight and regulated by a brass faced pendulum bob and steel rod, the back side of the back plate is inscribed "A Turner/ No. 27 1809". -
C.1810, Ansel Turner Patent Timepiece banjo. This particular clock