Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
Silas B. Terry Miniature Torsion Steeple Clock, Terryville, Connecticut, c. 1855, small mahogany sharp Gothic case, lower glass with transfer of a meetinghouse, painted zinc Roman numeral dial, label on case back stating in part Eight day and Thirty Hour Marine Clocks and Time Pieces ...Patented by S.B. Terry, thirty-hour time and alarm movement marked Patented Oct. 5th 1852, with two-arm torsion pendulum and alarm on a bell, ht. 13 in.
Provenance: Terry and Karen Brotherton.
Estimate $800-1,200
Small veneer losses. Slight loss to tip of object left steeple, dial is repainted.
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Keywords
Silas B. Terry, B. Terry Miniature, Terryville, Connecticut, Karen BrothertonJonathan Dowling
Director, Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
508-970-3131
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
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