Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2600MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: June 02, 2012 10:00AM
Description:
Eli Terry & Sons Mahogany Pillar and Scroll Shelf Clock, Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1825, scroll top case with three brass urn finials, wooden dial with Roman numerals and raised gilt decoration, reverse-painted lower glass with town center scene, printed paper maker's label stating in part, Patent Clocks, Invented by Eli Terry. Made and Sold by E. Terry and Sons., thirty-hour wooden movement with pendulum and two cast iron weights, ht. 31 in.
Estimate $800-1,000
glass is repainted, object right return for scrolls is a replacement, replacement finials, losses to painted dial, replacement feet, skirting is original