Eli Terry Pillar and Scroll Shelf Clock, Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1825, scroll top case, freestanding turned columns, beautiful hand painted dial with flowers and raised gilt corners, reverse painted tablet, label, “Patent Clocks, made and sold at Plyouth, Connecticut by Eli Terry, Inventor and Patentee”, has hand written name and date (1858) written on label. Wooden works, weight driven, key wind, with pendulum. Measures approx. 31″ tall x 17″ wide x 4 1/2″ deep. Many Eli Terry Clocks which depict a home or building on the reverse painted glass tablet, are actual homes in the Town of Plymouth and surrounding Connecticut towns of the time period.
Eli Terry Pillar and Scroll Shelf Clock, Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1825. Scroll top case with three wooden finials, turned columns, hand painted dial with flowers in corners, reverse plainted tablet, label “Patent Clocks, Invented by Eli Terry, Made and Sold in Plymouth, Connecticut”. 30 hour wooden works, weight driven, key and pendulum, measures approx. 29″ tall x 17″ wide x 4 1/2″ deep. Many Eli Terry Clocks which depict a home or building on the reverse painted glass tablet, are actual homes in the Town of Plymouth and surrounding Connecticut towns of the time period.