Roxbury Village Publishing is proud to announce the publication of

Willard's Patent Time Pieces:
A History of the Weight-Driven Banjo Clock, 1800 - 1900

by Paul J. Foley

An essential reference for any student, collector, or dealer in early American clocks, furniture, antiques, or decorative arts. Written by the recognized expert on patent timepieces.

• Over 650 detailed illustrations, 345 in full color.
• Over 1,000 biographical listings of clockmakers and allied craftsmen.
• Over 90 reproductions of contemporary newspaper advertisements.
• Guide to identifying and authenticating early Simon Willard Patent Time Pieces.
• Guide to identifying geographic differences in timepieces.
• Guide to identifying and dating signed and unsigned timepieces.
• History of Roxbury Village and Boston Neck.
• History of Boston area ornamental painters and cabinetmakers.

Hundreds of new exquisitely detailed photographs of the clocks, clock movements, and case details. Includes over 345 color and 305 black & white illustrations – all new – never before published.

The most comprehensive, accurate, and up to date listing of early 19th century New England pre-industrial clockmakers. Detailed biographies of over 1,000 clockmakers, cabinetmakers, ornamental painters, brass founders, and allied craftsmen. Hundreds of previously unrecorded clockmakers and craftsmen are included.

New research data gleaned from tens of thousands of early newspapers, city directories, federal and state census records, vital statistics, family genealogies, town histories, obituaries, land records, probate records, and civil court records. All fully referenced and indexed.

368 pages, Hard Cover, 8.25 x 10.5 in., ISBN 0-9718736-2-3, Printed in USA.

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