138.           $250

Silas B. Terry Eight Day Brass Clock, ca. 1855.  Well, it looks like a standard triple decker column & cornice clock and could easily be Seth Thomas or Forestville.  But a closer look and you’ll notice that the winding arbors are a bit high, and a peek inside tells you why – it’s a Silas B. Terry clock. Nothing is ever ordinary with SB Terry.  The 32.5-inch case is dark with a slightly crusty finish; the glasses are original, as are the tablets.  The lower tablet has been retouched and rebacked.  The contoured metal dial has been repainted, the hands are period.  The 8-day, time-and-strike movement is not signed, but has characteristics of movements by Mr. Terry: a large, seconds-beat escape wheel mounted in-between the plates, solid main wheels, and an unusual strike chain.  For more information on this clock see this NAWCC Bulletin article from 1966.  The clock is running and striking, driven by two old cast iron weights. There is a very good (and surprisingly large, for Terry) label inside.  These clocks from Terry’s late period are not common; I found one on the Antique Clocks Identification and Price Guide and one sale on LiveAuctioneers from Skinner in 2012 for $500. Tim’s Auctions had one it sold twice for two different prices ($150, $349) in 2018, a month apart.  You can never understand what is going on at Tim’s.  $250-$400.