Silas B. Terry Shelf Clock

Description:

Silas B. Terry Shelf Clock, Terryville, Connecticut, c. 1840, mahogany cornice-top case with rounded sides, full-length door with reverse-painted glass lower tablet depicting a house and trees on a stream bank, paper on wood Roman numeral dial marked Silas B. Terry, Terry's Ville Conn., thirty-hour, weight-powered, time and strike movement with rounded top plates and large escape wheel, ht. 22 1/2 in.

Provenance: Dr. Martin Baker; Terry and Karen Brotherton.

Literature: Illustrated in American Shelf and Wall Clocks, p. 156.
Estimate $500-800

Thin wood of dial cracked and glued. Small veneer chip objet right top corner.


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