Patent Timepieces
The collection features a wide selection of patent time pieces ranging from 1803 to the 1840s, manufactured by three of the Willard family clockmakers. The production involved the help of numerous cabinetmakers, gilders and reverse glass painters. Famous artists like John Doggett and John Ritto Penniman collaborated with the Willards on their timepieces in Roxbury and Boston.
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