THE AMES FAMILY LATE CLASSICAL MAHOGANY AND EGLOMISE SHELF CLOCK

With stores at 81 Hanover Street, Haymarket Square and 422 Washington Street, retailers Joseph J. (1813-1885) and William Beals (1811-after 1854) ran a large operation selling wall and shelf clocks. See Paul J. Foley, Willard's Patent Time Pieces: A History of the Weight-Driven Banjo Clock, 1800-1900 (Norwell, Massachusetts, 2002), p. 218.