Tall Clock

Tall Clock

Benjamin Willard

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This clock is a characteristic example of the Willard brothers’ collaborative work from about 1771–75 and is well documented. Its inscriptions reveal the name of the original owner, its date and place of origin, that it was Benjamin Willard’s 131st clock, and that its movement was the ninth made by Simon Willard.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tall ClockTall ClockTall ClockTall ClockTall Clock

The American Wing's ever-evolving collection comprises some 20,000 works of art by African American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American men and women. Ranging from the colonial to early-modern periods, the holdings include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, quill and bead embroidery—as well as historical interiors and architectural fragments.