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A Rare Mahogany Shelf Clock with Lyre form Bird's Eye Maple Panel, Attributed to John Sawin & John Seymour Boston, 1829


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Movement attributed to John Sawin.

Case Attributed to John & Thomas Seymour or Circle.

Provenance: Collection of Mark Shanaberger

Illustrated: Distin & Bishop, American Clocks, p.124

Please see the three following images:
  • A study of our clock by Kirtland H. Crump
  • A similar clock from The American Clock by William H. Distin and Robert Bishop
  • A similar clock from Classical America 1815-1845, An Exhibition at the Newark Museum, 1965
Height: 29 ½ in.  Width: 13 ¾ in.
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