Important Aaron and Henry Willard Shelf Clock retailed by James Almy, New Bedford, Massachusetts, c. 1830 mahogany and white pine case with stencil mark '[HENRY] WILLARD / [clock c]ase / MANUFACTURER / 843 / Washington St / Boston.' and reverse-painted glass panel inscribed 'James Almy. / NEW BEDFORD' in cartouche, the back of mirrored door inscribed 'J.J. Tobey / 36 W Street / New Bedford / Mass / Cleaned / 3d 14th / [18]62' in pencil, retaining original finial, includes two weights and winding key, including finial wd. 13, dp. 6, ht. 34 in. Footnotes: Provenance Delaney Antique Clocks, West Townsend, Massachusetts. Gary R. Sullivan. Former Collection of Dr. Arthur and Carolyn Elman, Kansas City, Missouri. Literature Illustrated in Brock Jobe, Gary R. Sullivan, and Jack O'Brien, Harbor & Home: Furniture of Southeastern Massachusetts, 1710-1850 (Hanover: University Press of New England, 2009), p. 308-9. Note Henry Willard (1802-87) was the son of eminent Roxbury, Massachusetts, clockmaker Aaron Willard, Jr. (1783-1864). Watchmaker and jeweler James Almy (1802-74) was a lifelong resident of Bristol County, Massachusetts, whose son James T. Almy (1824-89) followed in the trade as an engraver, later becoming an optician in New Bedford. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing