Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2460Location: BostonDate / Time: June 07, 2009 11:00AM
Description:
Mahogany Beveled Case Shelf Clock by Silas B. Terry,Terry's Ville, Connecticut, circa 1840-45,with full-length door, 8 1/2 in. printed paper on wood Roman dial signed Silas B. Terry, Terry's Ville Conn. and printer's name D. Felt & Co. & C. C. Wright, N.Y., reverse-painted tablet depicting a classical building, paper dust- cover inside backboard, 30-hour weight-powered time and strike movement with solid great wheels, rear-mounted countwheel strike, recoil escapement and two cast iron weights, ht. 24 in.
Estimate $800-1,200
Object left lower corner of tablet is cracked, pasted on the reverse of the dial is another printed paper dial, now discolored, one weight possibly replaced