52.              $500

Silas B. Terry column & cornice shelf clock, ca. 1835.  A 32.5-inch column & cornice, two-door case with three-quarter columns on each side.  This handsome clock is veneered in flame mahogany with a clean, polished finish.  Both glasses are replacements, the dial glass is period, the lower glass newer. The tablet was painted by Tom Moberg.  There is a working lock with key on the lower door.  The wooden dial is clean with gilded gesso decorations in the corners; it mounts to the case with four metal brackets at the corners.  There is a large cut-out in the center to view the unusual, round brass movement; the hands are period.  The unsigned round movement on a square brass backplate is uncommon; note the unusual semi-circular bridge over the escape anchor.  It is running and striking on a wire gong, driven by two old 8-day weights and regulated by a period pendulum bob.  A small card label indicates the manufacturer (Silas B. Terry, Horologist) in Plymouth, Conn.  A rare example of an SBT clock from this period; AAC sold two similar examples in 2022 and 2023 for $772 and $706, respectively.  $500–$750. 

Antique American Clocks                    January 2026

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