223.    $150

S.B. Terry double-peaked steeple, ca. 1840?  This is a tough one to pin down.  Silas B. Terry had a long and prolific career, but this is the only steeple clock I can find made by him.  There are no examples among the 60 S.B. Terry clocks listed in the Antique Clocks Price Guide.  This 20-inch steeple is a bit unusual in that it has front and back cone finials on each side.  Clearly Terry made the case, based on the very clear label inside.  The rosewood veneer on the front is attractive, with some chips and repairs.  The case was built to hold a seatboard for the movement, but there is no seatboard and the movement is mounted to the back wall and looks like it always was.  The brass 30-hour, time-and-strike movement is not signed and not particularly unusual, which is a bit unusual as Silas liked to make unusual movements.  The strike spring is brass, suggesting it is an early clock (steel springs largely replaced brass springs by 1850; interestingly, S.B. Terry developed the technique for making cheap coiled steel springs).  The unsigned metal dial may hold the original paint; the hands are correct replacements. The dial glass is old, the tablet a nice modern replacement.  This could be a very rare clock.  $100-$250.