Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
Samuel Terry Stenciled Transitional Shelf Clock, Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1830, mahogany case with stenciled fruit basket splat and floral half-columns flanking the door, painted wood Roman numeral dial with raised gilt and floral corner decorations, lower tablet with reverse-painting of a Greek Revival estate, interior case label states in part Patent Clocks, Invented by ELI TERRY. Made and Sold at Bristol, Connecticut, by SAMUEL TERRY., wood, thirty-hour time and strike movement powered by two cast iron weights, all on carved paw feet, ht. 29 in.
Estimate $500-700
Clock will tick and strike. Lower glass touched up.
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Keywords
Connecticut, ELI TERRY, SAMUEL TERRYJonathan Dowling
Director, Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
508-970-3131
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
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