EARLY BANJO TIME PIECE Attributed to Simon Willard (1743-1848) Roxbury, Massachusetts 1805-08 With a period pine and walnut shipping crate Primary Wood: Mahogany Secondary Woods: Mahogany, White Pine Height: 34 inches, Width: 10 inches Surviving packing crates are exceedingly rare and only two are published. An Aaron Willard clock appears in American Antiques, Israel Sack Collection, Volume VII , pages 1930-31. Another in The Philip and Anne Holzer Collection , entry 34, pages 98-101.descended in the Penniman family of Boston, well known artists and painters. Provenance: According to family tradition the clock descended in the Penniman family of Boston, well known artists and painters.
THE SAMUEL AND ELIZABETH BRIDGHAM FEDERAL BED With Two Portraits of Samuel Bridgham (May 4, 1774 – December 28, 1840) and his wife Elizabeth Paine Bridgham (1776–1853). Bed - Providence, Rhode Island, Circa 1800 Primary Wood: Mahogany, Painted White Pine Headboard Secondary Wood: Maple rails Height: 84 inches without tester Width: 56 inches, Depth: 76 inches Portraits attributed to Samuel Lovett Waldo and William Jewett 35 3/4 X 28 1/2 inches Circa 1835 Provenance: The bed and portraits originally made for Samuel and Elizabeth Bridgham of Providence and they descended in the Bridgham family. Samuel Bridgham is one of the most consequential citizens of Providence, Rhode Island. A graduate of Brown University, he became a lawyer before entering politics. He served nineteen terms in the Rhode Island General Assembly, including two as Speaker. He also served asAttorney General of Rhode Island for four years. In 1821 Bridgham ran for Governor on the Federalist Ticket but lost to William C. Gibbs. When Providence was incorporated as a city in 1832 he was elected its first Mayor and served in that office until his death in 1840. A copy of the portrait here offered is in Providence City Hall. Bridgham also served as a Trustee of Brown University and as its Chancellor from 1828 to 1840.
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