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Eli & Samuel Terry Pillar and Scroll Shelf Clock

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Eli & Samuel Terry Pillar and Scroll Shelf Clock
Eli & Samuel Terry, Plymouth, Connecticut, mahogany pillar and scroll shelf clock, c. 1831. Scroll top, three brass urn finials, hand painted wooden dial with gold gilt, turned columns, reverse painted lower tablet (has small crack), French feet with scalloped apron, label "Patent Clocks, Invented by Eli Terry Made and Sold at Plymouth, Connecticut by Eli & Samuel Terry", 30 hour, wooden works, weight driven, key wind and pendulum clock. Measures approx. 31" tall x 17 1/2" wide x 4 1/4" deep. Many Eli Terry Clocks which depict a home or building on the reverse painted glass tablet, are actual homes in the Town of Plymouth and surrounding Connecticut towns of the time period.