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

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". Lacking lower gilded pedestal, replacement acorn finial, replacement hands, the original repaired hour hand with the lot, period lead weight, old key, old surface on case, bottom board unfinished with two vacant screw holes indicating a former pedestal, dial cleaned and relined fifty years ago, some loose veneer on waist frame included with the lot, steel machine head screws for throat attachment are replacements. The present clock is illustrated and described in the NAWCC Bulletin, June 2001 article by Richard Perlman. Additional information on Ansel Turner is found in Paul Foley, "Willard's Patent Timepieces", p 323.