27.                  $500

Silas B. Terry/Samuel Terry 8-day brass movement shelf clock, 1828–1835.  This clock is clearly a Silas B Terry clock, but it bears a Samuel Terry label inside.  Silas was Samuel’s nephew and the two were contemporaries.  The Federal-style case is 27.5 inches tall, veneered in mahogany, with two full-length, three-quarter columns flanking the full-length door.  The dial glass is original with the original putty, the lower glass old but a replacement, with the tablet painted by Tom Moberg. The wooden dial is faded, with a cutout for the seconds beat sub-dial.  The hands are period but have been painted.  The brass movement has wooden drums and a rack and snail strike, with 4.5-lb weights compounded to give an 8-day run.  The pulleys top and bottom are wood; note that there likely was a dust cover on top.  It strikes on a wire gong and is running and striking without problem.  There is a card label inside for Samuel Terry, varnished over; Samuel worked on his own from 1828-1835 making wooden movement clocks, but likely moving into brass movement clocks in his later years when he formed a company with his sons Ralph and John B.  This clock may have been purchased or taken in exchange from Silas; there are several examples of this model on LiveAuctioneers under the name of Silas B. Terry, but this is the only example I can find with a Samuel Terry label.  This clock was purchased at Schmidt’s Antiques in 2019 for $700.  $500–$1000.