Ephraim Willard, Massachusetts, c. 1800
Mahogany Roxbury style case with brass ball and spire finials and open pierced fretwork; brass stop fluted hood and quarter columns with brass capitals; quarter columns on rear of hood; rectangular waist door with applied molding and string inlay; double step molded base panel with string inlay and ogee bracket feet.
Painted iron dial with iron secondary plate marked "Osborn" (English, import);
Roman hour numerals, Arabic minute numerals and seconds bit; separate moon phase and calendar discs; gold raised relief corner decorations and painted floral sprigs in center of dial;
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name "Warrented by E. WILLARD" in block lettering over the numeral six; pierced steel hands.