Mahogany Pillar and Scroll Shelf Clock by Eli & Terry & Sons, Plymouth, Connecticut, circa 1825, scroll top with three brass finials over the painted wooden dial with Roman hour and Arabic date numerals, painted tablet of a country scene, maker’s label on backboard stating Patent Clocks…Made and Sold at Plymouth Connecticut by Eli Terry and Sons., scalloped apron, French feet, thirty-hour time, strike and calendar movement with countwheel strike and brass trip wheel for calendar all powered by two cast iron weights, ht. 31 1/4 in.
Condition report
Condition: tips of scrolls restored, apron and glue blocks are original, feet are replacements, dial relined and with minor inpainting, original glass top and bottom, period finials, weights and pendulum, label is complete and original but has a 2 in. repair label attached to top portion of maker’s label.
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