$10,665
Silas B. Terry Mahogany Empire Shelf Clock, Plymouth, Connecticut, 1833-39, painted wooden dial with Roman numerals, recessed brass seconds bit, gilt spandrels and central opening to view the movement surmounted by a carved eagle crest and flanked by turned columns, the lower door with reverse painted green draperies pulled back to reveal a reverse-painted glass mounted on the backboard depicting classical buildings and a town green, the lower backboard with printed instructions, beveled framed case all set on carved paw feet, eight-day brass movement with skeletonized front plate, between the plates center mounted count wheel, recoil escapement, temperature compensated grid iron pendulum and two cast iron weights, ht. 38 in. Literature: A closely related example is found in Kenneth Roberts and Snowden Taylor, Eli Terry and the Connecticut Shelf Clock , 2nd edition, pp. 322-24.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-07-16
