21.                  $400

Eli Terry, Jr. “Patent Eight Day Clock” with alarm, ca. 1840.  Based on the partial label, this clock was probably made by Eli Terry, Jr. around 1840; a relatively late date for wooden works clocks (note, however, that this is an uncommon 8-day clock).  The name “Terrysville” dates the clock to the late 1830’s.  Terry was making both wooden movement and brass movement clocks in the late 1830’s. The 38-inch case has good veneer, the original bronzed half-columns and splat, two original glasses with the original putty, and an old but likely replaced mirror.  The bottom tablet glass is cracked but stable and the original image is well-preserved. The large wooden dial is clean and bright with a floral pattern I have seen on other Terry, Jr. clocks; the hands are period. Note the alarm winding arbor next to the ‘6’.  The wood movement has a brass alarm dial; it will run briefly, and strike; the alarm was untested.  There are two period 8-lb weights suspended on wooden pulleys and a small alarm weight.  The period pendulum bob has an extender link, but that could be fixed with a longer pendulum rod.  The label has been destroyed at the bottom of the case, removing most of the Terry name, but the upper part of the label is consistent with Eli Terry, Jr labels (prior to his association with Blakesley and Goodwin).  Clocks with mirrors have fallen out of favor, but this is a rare clock; I can find no other examples of a Terry 8-day wooden movement with an alarm on LiveAuctioneers or the Antique Clocks Identification and Price Guide.  Bid accordingly if you are a wooden works clock collector.  $400–$800.