Tall clock with moon phase attachment
Artist
Simon Willard
(American, 1753 - 1848)
Datec. 1795
MediumMahogany with dark and light wood inlays, chestnut, white pine, brass fittings
Dimensions93 1/2 x 20 x 10 in. (237.5 x 50.8 x 25.4 cm)
ClassificationsTimepieces & Measuring Equipment
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Mary Ann Burgess McCrea in memory of Stanley Barrows McCrea, 1981 (4993.1)
Object number4993.1
Descriptionthe tall clock has a body with a locked door, a clock mechanisum consisting of a pendulum, 2 weights, a painted face with a window for the moon phase disc to revolve in,The mechanisum sits atop the body in the mount for it . A glass doored cabinet fits or slides into place in front of the mechanisum. Three brass finials fit into the top of this
cabinet. There are two keys and a handled crank to wind the clock
On View
On view
Chōkōsai Eishō
mid 1790s
20th century
Late 19th- early 20th C.
19th c. or earlier
