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Re: Aaron willard banjo
I’m not seeing any with the same reverse painting as yours. My guess is that since that would be hand done that maybe many of them would be different. Liveauctioneers shows quite a few. If your logged in (it’s free) you can see sold for prices. You don’t have to be logged in to see auction estimates. I can’t see if yours has a finial but this one looked quite a bit like yours https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/9744924_49-aaron-willard-aurora-banjo-clock-with-lewis-wharf-b https://www.pbs.org/video/antiques-roadshow-appraisal-simon-willard-banjo-clock-ca-1805/
PBS has a video on an Aaron Willard Jr. banjo clock and on a Simon Willard (older brother to Aaron) banjo clock. https://www.pbs.org/video/antiques-roadshow-appraisal-aaron-willard-jr-banjo-clock-ca-1820/
https://www.pbs.org/video/antiques-roadshow-appraisal-simon-willard-banjo-clock-ca-1805/
I think you will probably want an experts appraisal as these seem to be important clocks.