Wall Banjo Lyre
Wall Banjo Lyre
(Attributed to) Abel Stowell, Charlestown, MA, 8 day brass movement lyre banjo timepiece. The clock may have been made by Stowell as another with nearly identical carving has recently been sold at auction. Another example with a similar carved front by L.
A Boynton, Boston (attributed) lyre banjo weight driven time only wall clock, mahogany case with carved throat, c1837
Boston area lyre clock, mahogany and mahogany veneer case with heavily molded base and acanthus carved bracket, throat panel with leaf and scroll carving and decorated tablet, brass bezel with convex glass, Roman numeral white painted metal dial, blued
C.1832, Jesse Smith, Jr., Salem, Mass., 8-day time and bell strike lyre form or "Elegant Harp Pattern" timepiece. Smith worked from 1811 to 1866. An apprentice of Benjamin Balch in Salem and in 1818-32 was in partnership with him as Balch and Smith.
C.1976, Seymour B. Hall, Duxbury, Ma, modern reproduction of a lyre banjo.
Elmer O. Stennes, Weymouth, Mass, Lyre banjo, 8-day weight driven wall clock, dated 1969, No. 14 and "OOB" {out on bail}.
Elmer O. Stennes, Weymouth, Mass., "Lyre Banjo" wall clock 8 day time only weight driven movement in carved mahogany case with reverse painted throat tablet and painted metal dial, date 1972
Foster Campos, Pembroke, Mass., "Lyre Banjo" 8 day mahogany weight driven timepiece. c1989
Foster S. Campos, Pembroke, Mass, 1977 {dated}, lyre banjo, model W-4, a reproduction of the Lemuel Curtis timepiece made around 1830, 8-day weight driven.
James G. Conlon, Boston, Mass., lyre hanging clock with a weight driven 8 days timepiece brass movement in a mahogany case.
Joseph Ives, 8 day time and strike gilt case wall lyre reproduction, c20th century
Lyre banjo, wall clock, 8 days, time only, weight driven Willard type period movement with T-bridge suspension in a reproduction gold fronted case with some older elements and reverse painted throat and lower tablets. The painted metal dial has Roman
Lyre clock, carved mahogany case with reverse painted glasses, case bottom with incurved bracket and turned drop, and top with carved Prince of Wales feather finial, Roman numeral painted dial signed "A. Chandler", 8 day timepiece movement with diagonally
Lyre form banjo clock attributed to Aaron Willard Boston with applied Aaron Willard signature weight driven time only wall clock, c1825
Massachusetts Lyre over Box banjo timepiece, C.1840, 8-day, weight driven, with carved mahogany front and blind lower door, with restorations.
Massachusetts, 8 day, weight brass movement box Lyre wall timepiece.
Massachusetts, 8 day, weight brass movement Lyre banjo timepiece. This timepiece is numbered "10". There is another example in this auction numbered "15" that was made by James G. Conlon of Boston. The dial is not signed so we cannot with confidence
Massachusetts, unsigned lyre banjo with a movement from a Howard No. 70. movement circa 1900, and case circa 1970. Well made case in the style of Lemuel Curtis.
Modern lyre presentation wall clock in impressive full size case. Clock has silvery cast metal front, bezel, bottom, and finial, dial inscription "Virginia P. Timmans, Southwestern Chapter 15, NAWCC 1968", c1968
N. H. Brown, Boston, Mass., "Lyre" throat wall clock ,8 day time only weight driven movement in gilt colored case, (now painted) c1915.
New England "Lyre" wall clock 8 day time only weight driven movement in solid mahogany case with painted metal dial, c1835
New Hampshire, Striking Lyre Banjo, certainly by Abiel Chandler of Concord, NH, the dial signed "Smith", the retailer, C.1835
Oliver J. Risinger, Pasadena, Texas, reproduction lyre banjo clock in the style of John Sawin, 8 days, time only, weight driven movement in a carved walnut case with papered metal dial and reverse painted tablet, movement signed "OJR", dated "1992" and
Skinner and Seward, Boston, Mass, mahogany lyre banjo with 8-day weight movement. C.1832.
Unidentified New Hampshire or Massachusetts Lyre Banjo hanging clock with a weight driven 8 days time and strike movement in a mahogany and gilt case.
Unknown, 8 day Lyre form weight banjo timepiece. It is hard to date this as the case has some age, but we would probably guess about 1920.
Unknown, possibly Massachusetts, 8 day, time and strike weight brass movement gilt front box Lyre clock.
Unsigned Massachusetts lyre banjo, weight driven, 8-day, c1830
Unsigned New Hampshire or Massachusetts Lyre Banjo hanging clock with a weight driven 8 day time and strike movement in a mahogany and gilt case.
Vermont, Unknown maker, 8 day, weight brass movement Box Lyre form patent or banjo timepiece, c.1824.
Walter H. Durfee, Providence R.I., "Lyre" wall clock in the classic style of John Sawin with 8-day time only weight driven Waltham movement stamped "5828" and "W.D." (on the top edge) with quality dead beat movement, maintaining power and Geneva stop
Walter H. Durfee, Providence RI, LYRE BANJO, in the classic style of John Sawin, weight driven, 8-day, using Waltham's quality dead beat movement with maintaining power, and Geneva winding stop, serial No. 5952, c.1925