Timepiece
Works by Elnathan Taber (American, 1768–1854)
- Maker
- Works by Elnathan Taber (American, 1768–1854)
- Date
- 1802–5
- Medium
- Gilt mahogany and white pine, painted glass, gesso, iron, steel, and brass
- Dimensions
- H.: 109.2 cm (43 in.)
- Origin
- Roxbury
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Accession
- 1996.13
- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by Dorothy J. Vance
Elnathan Taber apprenticed with a member of the Willard family clockmakers of Roxbury, who dominated the clock-making industry at the turn of the 18th century. In 1801 Simon Willard patented a timepiece that hung on the wall and featured an eight-day movement with pendulum and a weight. This wall clock is also known as a banjo clock because of its shape.