Stenciled Column and Splat Shelf Clock by Eli Terry, Jr.

Description:

Stenciled Column and Splat Shelf Clock by Eli Terry, Jr., Plymouth Connecticut, c. 1840, the mahogany case with stenciled splat and glazed door flanked by smoke-grained and stenciled columns, reverse-painted tablet depicting a Greek Revival building, 8 3/4 in. painted wooden dial with floral decoration and Roman numerals, printed maker's label stating Patent Clocks Invented by Eli Terry Made and Sold at Plymouth Connecticut by Eli Terry, Jr., thirty-hour time and strike wooden movement with pendulum and cast iron weights, (no significant repairs or replacements),ht. 24 5/8 in.

Note: A closely related example sold at Skinner November 1, 2008, Herbert Nilson Collection of American Clocks, Session I, lot 89.
Estimate $6,000-8,000

No significant repairs or replacements, original surface, dial untouched, minor losses on tablet on upper sections of building, minor inpainting on green trees, lower left corner cracked.

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