$3,555
Stenciled Column and Splat Shelf Clock by Eli Terry, Jr. , Plymouth Connecticut, c. 1840, the mahogany case with stenciled splat and glazed door flanked by smoke-grained and stenciled columns, reverse-painted tablet depicting a Greek Revival building, 8 3/4 in. painted wooden dial with floral decoration and Roman numerals, printed maker's label stating Patent Clocks Invented by Eli Terry Made and Sold at Plymouth Connecticut by Eli Terry, Jr. , thirty-hour time and strike wooden movement with pendulum and cast iron weights, (no significant repairs or replacements), ht. 24 5/8 in. Note: A closely related example sold at Skinner November 1, 2008, Herbert Nilson Collection of American Clocks, Session I, lot 89. No significant repairs or replacements, original surface, dial untouched, minor losses on tablet on upper sections of building, minor inpainting on green trees, lower left corner cracked.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-02-15
