Silas Hoadley "Upside-Down" Mahogany Pillar and Scroll Shelf Clock

Description:

Silas Hoadley "Upside-Down" Mahogany Pillar and Scroll Shelf Clock, Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1825, the scroll-top case with turned columns flanking the full-length glazed door, painted wooden dial with Arabic numerals, painted fruit spandrels and country scene inside the chapter ring, lower reverse-painted tablet with gilded border and pendulum aperture, printed maker's label inside stating Franklin Clocks with the improvement of bushing the pivots with Ivory, Arranged and Manufactured by Silas Hoadley, Plymouth, Conn., thirty-hour wooden upside-down movement with countwheel strike, pendulum and two weights, ht. 29 1/2 in.
Estimate $6,000-8,000

Scrolls, feet, skirting and dial are original, slight lifting and minor loss on lower glass, case in an old varnished finish, original finials, weights and pendulum bob.

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