Description
polychrome-painted wood dial, with Arabic on chapter ring, minute ticks on inner ring with every 5 minutes marked with dot, spandrels with polychrome painted branching flowers, with raised gilt surrounds, center with gilt dotted garter, 30-hour wood and brass, weight driven, time and strike movement, original hand-painted tablet with large Italianate country estate with outbuilding and stenciled gilt floral surround, printed paper label on interior with Patented Clocks,/Invented By/Eli Terry/Made And Sold/At/Plymouth, Connecticut/By/Seth Thomas, mahogany case with plinths capped with reproduction brass urn finials, gooseneck scrolled crest, full tapered turned columns, scrolled feet, 4.75" x 17.5" x 31.5" high. Includes pendulum and key. Condition report Soiled and worn dial, tablet cracked, both scroll tips replaced, keyhole escutcheon replaced, currently running. We do not guarantee working order of clocks.
Record courtesy of Cowan's Auctions