Samuel Abbott, Boston, Mass., "Banjo" wall clock 8 day time only weight driven movement in mahogany case with rope banded gilt front and reverse painted throat and lower tablets and painted iron dial, c1830

Samuel Abbott, Boston, Mass., "Banjo" wall clock 8 day time only weight driven movement in mahogany case with rope banded gilt front and reverse painted throat and lower tablets and painted iron dial, c1830 the case retains its original finish with two split repairs to head. There is some repaint on gilt. Both tablets are professionally repainted. The original dial has repainted numerals. The top finial is missing. See page 64 in Paul Foley's "Willard's Patent Timepieces" for a similar example of a grand piano type Abbott movement. Ht 30"