THE FOSDICK FAMILY FEDERAL BANJO TIMEPIECE Simon Willard, The glass signed and painted by Spencer Nolan Roxbury 1805-1808 With portraits by James Frothingham of the original owners, David and Joann Fosdick Primary Wood: Mahogany, Secondary Wood: White Pine Height: 43 1/2 inches, Width: 10 3/4 inches, Depth: 4 inches Provenance: Fosdick family of Boston and Plymouth Massachusetts; Israel Sack, Inc, New York Reference: The clock appears in American Furniture From Israel Sack Collection , Volume VI, pages 1652-3. It also appears in Petrucelli and Sposato, American Banjo Clocks , pages 66-7.
FEDERAL INLAID DRESSING BOX WITH GLASS Attributed to John and Thomas Seymour Boston Circa 1805
Primary Woods: Mahogany, Birch, Maple, Secondary Wood: White Pine
Height: 19 1/4 inches, Width: 21 1/2 inches, Depth: 10 1/4 inches
Reference: For a similar form attributed to the Seymours see Robert Mussey, The Furniture Masterworks of John and Thomas Seymour , entry 58, pages 250-1. See also Vernon C. Stoneman, A Supplement to John and Thomas Seymour, Cabinetmakers in Boston, 1794-1816 , page 95.
An extremely rare and early example of Willard's patented time piece and one of only a handful of clocks signed by the glass painter.
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