Harvard Art Museums > HUCL.6: Banjo Wall Clock Timepieces Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Banjo Wall Clock (Simon Willard)(? Manufactured by John Slavin) , HUCL.6,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/305601. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number HUCL.6 People Simon Willard, American (1753 - 1848) ? Manufactured by John Slavin, American Title Banjo Wall Clock Classification Timepieces Work Type clock Date c. 1830-1835 Places Creation Place: North America, United States, Massachusetts, Boston Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/305601 Physical Descriptions Medium Mahogany veneer case with acorn finial; reverse painted glass panels (restored), lower glass panel painted with ship scene Dimensions 83 x 25.5 x 9 cm (32 11/16 x 10 1/16 x 3 9/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: upper painted glass panel inscribed "patent" inscription: front plate of movement, upper right: Aug. 18/45 BFW (probably for Benjamin Franklin Willard who probably cleaned the clock in 1845) inscription: front plate of movement, lower center: Charles A. Ditmas, Jr./Feb. 8 1972/Honorary Keeper of the Clocks/ at Harvard (not assigned): Label pasted on block behind pendulum: This clock given to Harvard Univ./ for use in the President's House/ by A. Lawrence Lowell Dec. 14, 1936/ original letter by Mr. Lowell is in/ the University Archives Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard University Clock Collection, Gift of Abbott Lawrence Lowell Object Number HUCL.6 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History John Ware Willard, A History of Simon Willard, Inventor and Clockmaker, E.O. Cockayne (Boston, MA, 1911), opposite p. 38 Richard W. Husher and Walter W. Welch, A Study of Simon Willard's Clocks, Husher and Welch (Nahant, MA, 1980), p. 123 Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
