04-25-201504-25-2015
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
April 25, 2015 10:00 AMCalender
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Silas B. Terry Miniature Torsion Steeple Clock

Sell one like this
$3,198$2,600
Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2804MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: April 25, 2015 10:00AM

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 Brotherton