Simon Willard
Patent Alarm Timepiece

Patent Alarm Timepiece

Public Domain

Patent Alarm Timepiece
MakerAmerican, 1753–1848
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Patent Alarm Timepiece
  • Lighthouse Clock
Datec. 1825
Made inRoxbury, Massachusetts, United States
MediumMahogany, brass, steel, iron, lead, glass, and enamel
Dimensions28 3/4 × 9 × 8 in. (73 × 22.9 × 20.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the Lora Jean Kilroy Accession Endowment
Object numberB.2023.7
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Chillman Parlor
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Provenance[Auction of Van Dykes antiques, Worcester, Massachusetts, August 9, 1944]; purchased by Marcus A. Coolidge (1865–1947), Fitchburg, Massachusetts [1], through Mrs. E. H. Stafford; Helen Coolidge Woodring (1906–1986); Cooper Coolidge Woodring (1937–2021); given to the Kansas Governor’s Residence,Topeka, Kansas [2]; private collection, Cincinnati; purchased by MFAH, 2023.

[1] Former senator of Massachusetts

[2] Also known as Cedar Crest
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
On the dial in black capital letters: Simon / Willard
[no marks]

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