Butler & Henderson & Company Pillar and Scroll Shelf Clock

Description:

Butler & Henderson & Company Pillar and Scroll Shelf Clock, Clement, Nova Scotia, c. 1829-30, with scroll top case, free standing turned columns flanking the painted wooden dial with Arabic numerals, floral and raised gilt decoration, lower reverse-painted tablet with star burst pattern border on a green ground, classical garden scene and pendulum aperture, printed maker's label inside stating in part Patent Clocks Made and Sold at Clement Nova Scotia by Butler Henderson & Co., thirty-hour time and strike movement with pendulum bob and two iron weights, ht. 31 1/2 in.

Note: According to Spittlers and Bailey, American Clockmakers and Watchmakers, p. 55-6, Butler & Henderson were in partnership 1829-30 selling clocks purchased from Samuel Terry.
Estimate $2,000-4,000

No significant repairs, replacements or restoration, dial and painted glass in excellent condition, original hands, movement, weights and pendulum, scrolls and feet are original and case in old surface, slight loss on printed label.

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