Silas B. Terry Mahogany Balance Wheel Steeple Clock

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Silas B. Terry Mahogany Balance Wheel Steeple Clock, Terryville, Connecticut, c. 1845, painted wooden dial with Roman numerals, second's dial, cut outs for viewing the escape and balance wheels, reverse painted tablet depicting a mill scene, printed maker's label stating Balance Clocks, Invented by Eli Terry, and Patented to him, August 9th, 1845, Manufactured by Silas B. Terry, Terryville, Conn., thirty-hour brass balance wheel escapement movement with count wheel strike and detached wooden fusees, ht. 24 3/4 in.
Estimate $10,000-15,000

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