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Eli Terry Pillar and Scroll Shelf Clock

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 1,200.00 USD
Eli Terry Pillar and Scroll Shelf Clock
Eli Terry Pillar and Scroll Shelf Clock, Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1825, scroll top case, freestanding turned columns, beautiful hand painted dial with flowers and raised gilt corners, reverse painted tablet, label, "Patent Clocks, made and sold at Plyouth, Connecticut by Eli Terry, Inventor and Patentee", has hand written name and date (1858) written on label. Wooden works, weight driven, key wind, with pendulum. Measures approx. 31" tall x 17" wide x 4 1/2" 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.