6. $300
Eli Terry pillar
& scroll, ca. 1822. A third example by Eli Terry, this one also with the later label and some restoration. The
31-inch case (with the center urn finial) has a replaced scroll top, corner chimneys, and side returns; the bottom skirt looks original,
I am not sure if some or all the feet have been replaced. The brass urn finials are not a matched set: the left and center finials
are on screws and the center finial is larger, the right finial is on a square wooden post and is the same size as the middle finial. Both glasses are modern with an unsigned tablet that should have an opening to view the pendulum. There is a working latch,
key, and ivory escutcheon. The wooden dial is reasonably clean with scattered losses across the middle; the floral decoration
above the mainstem is typical of Eli Terry clocks. The hands are not the diamond hands one would expect, but they are period. They are not securely mounted to the stem, and a screw and nut are used to hold the minute hand in place. The wooden 30-hour
time-and-strike movement was not tested as the cords are too short, but I see no repairs to the gears. There are two period
weights and a period pendulum bob. The paper label is very dark, mostly complete, and has been varnished to hold it in place. $300–$600.
Antique American Clocks JULY 2026
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