Excerpt from Illustrated Catalogue of the Very Important Collection of Early American and Colonial Furniture: An Imposing Gathering of American and English Glass, Lowestoft and Other Old China, Clocks, Mirrors, Silver and Plated Ware, Antique Lamps and Other Rare Contemporary Objects, and an Extraordinary Collection of Antique Rugs of Rare Types The Bronzes and Clocks are most interesting, including two very rare contemporary Patriotic Cuivre Dor Clocks bearing statuettes of Washington and Franklin; Mahogany Banjo Clock by Willard; further Patriotic clocks by Rap-p of Philadelphia, and one by Spencer Hotchkiss depicting The Action between the Constitution and Java. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.