A clock similar in size, and also in design, to the last four illustrated is shown in Illustration 354.

It was made by Stephen Hassam and bears his name. It is owned by Charles H. Morse, Esq., and has always stood since it was made, about 1800, upon a mahogany bracket in the corner. The case is of very finely grained mahogany.

Simon Willard patented in 1802 an improved timepiece, which Mr. Howard says is the clock now known as the "banjo" clock. Illustration 355 shows a clock bought by the writer in a country town from an old man who called it a timepiece, which is the name given it in the country, "banjo" being suggested to the modern mind by the shape of the upper part. The sides of the clock are of mahogany. The glass door to the face is convex and is framed in brass, and the ornaments at the sides of the clock are also of brass. The long glass in the middle of the case is framed like the door of painted glass in wood gilt. The turned ornament on the top of the clock and the bracket below it are of wood gilt. Plainer clock-cases of this shape were of mahogany without the bracket below.

Hassam Clock, 1800.

Illus. 354. - Hassam Clock, 1800.

Banjo Clock, 1802 1820.

Illus. 355. - "Banjo" Clock, 1802-1820.

Aaron Willard, Jr., entered his father's employ in his shop in Boston in 1823, and continued the business for forty years. When one considers that members of this family manufactured clocks for over one hundred years, it does not seem singular that so many clocks are found with the name of Willard upon them.

Occasionally one finds a banjo clock with striking attachment, but they are not common. Illustration 356 shows a clock called a presentation or marriage clock. It is owned by Dwight M. Prouty, Esq., of Boston, and it was made for an ancestor of Mr. Prouty, when he was married, as a wedding gift. The decorations are in light colors, pink and blue with gold, very delicate and suitable for a bride. Upon the square glass door, painted above the centre is "S. Willard" and below it "Patent." The bracket is gilt.

Presen tation Clock.

Illus. 356. - Presen tation Clock.

Willard Timepiece.

Illus. 357. - Willard Timepiece.

Illustration 357 shows another Willard timepiece, with a mahogany case and gilt mouldings and bracket. Upon the door is painted the battle between the Constitution and Guerriere. The name A. Willard is painted upon the long glass. This clock belongs to Francis H. Bigelow, Esq.

The clock in Illustration 358 has the name Willard upon the face. The case is mahogany, and the mouldings which frame the glass and the bracket beneath the clock are japanned in colors. It belongs to Charles A. Mof-fett, Esq., of Worcester.

Lyre Clock, 1810 1820.

Illus. 359. - Lyre Clock, 1810-1820.

Willard Timepiece, 1802 1810.

Illus. 358. - Willard Timepiece, 1802-1810.

The clock in Illustration 359 is of an entirely different style, and the case, the lower part of which is lyre shaped, is very beautifully carved with scrolls, which are finished in gilt. There is no maker's name upon this clock, which belongs to Frank C. Turner, Esq., of Norwich.

The clock in Illustration 360 is in the lyre shape usually seen, which was made as a variation from the banjo. Such clocks are found of wood finished in gilt, or like this clock, in the natural wood, which is mahogany in most cases. The carving is generally in the same design, but some have the lyre strings, made of wood or brass.

Eli Terry was the first of another famous family of American clock-makers. He started in business in 1793, in Plymouth, near Waterbury, Connecticut, a town well known ever since for its clocks and watches. His first clock was made a year earlier, a wooden clock in a long case with a brass dial, silver washed. He manufactured the works for tall clocks, selling them to pedlers, who took them into the country to dispose of. In 1810 Seth Thomas with Silas Hoadly bought the Terry factory, and continued the manufacture of clocks for long cases. Eli Terry in 1814 invented a wooden shelf-clock, called "The Pillar Scroll Top Case, with pillars 21 inches long resting on a square base, dial 11 inches square, table below dial 7 inches by 11." This clock sold for fifteen dollars, and was made in enormous quantities. Illustration 361 shows two clocks, one an Eli Terry "Pillar Scroll Top" clock, with carved pillars similar to the ones upon pieces of furniture of that period. The other clock was made by Terry at about the same time. Inside each of these clocks is pasted a paper upon which is printed the following: "Patent Clocks, invented by Eli Terry, Plymouth, Connecticut. Warranted if well used. N.B. The public may be assured that this kind of Clock will run as long without repairs and be as durable and accurate for keeping time as any kind of Clock whatever." These clocks are owned by D. Thomas Moore, Esq., of Westbury, Long Island.

Lyre shaped Clock, 1810 1820.

Illus. 360. - Lyre-shaped Clock, 1810-1820.

Eli Terry Shelf Clocks, 1824.

Illus. 361. - Eli Terry Shelf Clocks, 1824.

French Clock, about 1800.

Illus. 362. - French Clock, about 1800.

From the time when such mantel clocks were manufactured in great numbers, the fact that they were cheap and good time-keepers put the tall clock out of the market, and its manufacture practically died out soon after, so that but few tall clocks were made later than 1815-1820.

Illustration 362 shows a French clock with onyx pillars, and elaborate Empire brasses. The large ornaments at the side of the dial are of wood gilt. The middle of the dial is occupied by a beautifully wrought design in brass, of an anvil and grindstone, each with a little Cupid. Upon the quarter-hour one Cupid sharpens his arrow at the grindstone, running the grindstone with his foot upon a treadle, and at every hour the other Cupid strikes the anvil with his hammer the necessary number of strokes. A brass figure of a youth with a bow stands below the dial, in front of the mirror in the back of the clock. The base is of black marble. I have seen several clocks similar with the onyx pillars, but none with such beautiful, hand-wrought brass in the face and upon the case.