123.     $1500

Eli Terry Model 3 outside escapement pillar & scroll, ca. 1818.  As best I can tell this is the “standard” (production) model sold until about 1822, when the 5-train movement replaced it (Roberts & Taylor, Eli Terry and the Connecticut Shelf Clock, Chapt. III).  The mahogany and tiger maple case is 27.5 inches tall with proper brass finials mounted on wooden posts.  Note the unusual tiger maple veneer on the door and the sides of the back wall.  Both glasses appear to be original, the tablet properly repainted.  The wooden dial is clean with no losses, the hands are lead/pewter, the hour hand a later Terry hand (see page 107 of Roberts & Taylor), the minute hand a not-quite-correct replica.  The movement mounts to the back of the dial with pins, which I did not remove; the dial and movement are screwed into the case on the sides (not original).  The movement looks complete and unrepaired, but I did not test it.  There are two small wooden pulleys at the top but no weights; this clock originally had two 30-hour round lead weights.  The label on the back is faded and includes the word “invented” at the top of the oval, indicating it is a production case.  This clock sold at R.O. Schmitt’s in 2004. These clocks are currently selling for $1500 and up; one sold at Skinner’s in 2010 for $42,500.  Must have been really special. $1500-$2500.