April, 1906 
is to be seen in the home of Gen. Stephen Abbott, on 
Federal Street, Salem, Mass. ‘The venerable timekeeper 
stood in the same place when, more than one hundred years 
ago, General Washington visited the house—a memorable 
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American homes, the difference between whose characteristics 
is as distinguished as are the styles of furniture of the same 
makes. The ‘Chippendale’ cases are noticeable for the 
delicate pillars or pilasters rising at the front corners of the 
A Clock Used by Governor Pierce at 
Hillsboro, New Hampshire 
occasion, when the great soldier and statesman opened the 
ball, given in his honor in the spacious assembly hall, with 
the fair daughter of the mansion. 
Beautiful “Chippendale” and ‘“‘Sheraton”’ cases have been 
added to some of the old-fashioned clocks that one finds in 
A Banjo Clock in the 
Low House 
A Fine Old Clock at Mr. Etheridge’s 
Salem, Mass 
A Banjo Clock Belonging to 
Mr. Charles F. Waters 
case, from the plinth to the entablature under the hood, and 
the corresponding pillars at the front corners of the hood. 
Generally the bases and caps are of metal and the shafts 
fluted. Also the cases of these clocks are much higher than 
the dial, and may be of the pattern that is considered the 
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An Old Banjo Clock in a 
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