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386.Silas B. Terry Mahogany Empire Shelf Clock, Plymouth, Connecticut,1833-39, painted wooden dial with Roman numerals, recessed brassseconds bit, gilt spandrels and central opening to view the movementsurmounted by a carved eagle crest and flanked by turned columns,the lower door with reverse-painted green draperies pulled back toreveal a reverse-painted glass mounted on the backboard depictingclassical buildings and a town green, the lower backboard withprinted instructions, beveled framed case all set on carved paw feet,eight-day brass movement with skeletonized front plate, between theplates center mounted countwheel, recoil escapement, temperaturecompensated grid iron pendulum and two cast iron weights, ht. 38 in.389Literature: A closely related example is found in Kenneth Roberts andSnowden Taylor, Eli Terry and the Connecticut Shelf Clock, 2nd edition,pp. 322-24.$8,000-12,000387.E. & G.W. Bartholomew Hollow Column Shelf Clock, Bristol,Connecticut, c. 1840, the mahogany case with carved and gilded eaglesplat, two freestanding ebonized and gilded columns, wooden dialwith Roman numerals and looking glass flanked by freestanding gildedcolumns, the lower door with reverse-painted tablet with two statelyhomes within a gilded border, printed maker’s label inside backboardwith maker’s name as above, carved and gilded paw feet, thirty-hourtime and strike wooden movement with pressed brass pendulum boband two cast iron weights, ht. 36 in.Provenance: Formerly in the Martin Baker Collection.$2,000-4,000388.Hotchkiss & Benedict Mahogany Empire Shelf Clock, Auburn, NewYork, c. 1835, painted wooden dial inscribed Warranted by Hotchkiss &Benedict, Roman numerals and stenciled gilt flowers in the spandrels,lower section with tapered flat columns and carved capitals flanking thedoor with looking glass, printed maker’s label inside stating A. Munger’sPatent Eight Day Brass Clocks, Made, Warranted and Sold Wholesaleand Retail by Hotchkiss & Benedict, Auburn, N.Y., eight-day weightpoweredmovement stamped No. 2689, finger pointing seconds hand,compound hung weights and eagle pendulum bob, ht. 38 in.Note: Clark B. Hotchkiss and Thaddeus Benedict succeeded A.Munger & Co. These brass eight-day clocks were made by contractlabor at the Auburn, New York, State Prison.$800-1,200389.Eli Terry & Sons Carved Column and Splat Shelf Clock, Plymouth,Connecticut, the carved fruit basket crest over the painted woodendial with Roman numerals, raised gesso and gilt decoration, carvedhalf columns flaking the full-length door with looking glass and lowerpainted tablet of the rural New England town center, printed label insidestating in part, Eight Day Clocks Invented by Eli Terry, Made and Soldin Plymouth Conn. by Eli Terry & Sons, Warranted., eight-day time andstrike mahogany plate movement with pendulum, ht. 38 1/2 in.$800-1,200390390.Eli Terry & Sons Eight-Day Mahogany Shelf Clock, Plymouth,Connecticut, c. 1825, with elaborately carved fruit basket with acanthusleaves cresting, stenciled full-length half columns flanking the woodendial with Roman numerals, seconds dial, and raised gilded gessodecoration in the spandrels, the lower section with reverse-paintedtablet depicting a cathedral and a Greek revival building within astenciled border, printed label inside backboard stating in part Eight-DayClocks Invented by Eli Terry, Made and Sold at Plymouth, Connecticut,Eli Terry & Sons., eight-day time and strike mahogany plate movementwith countwheel strike, two iron weights and pendulum, ht. 36 in.Note: This clock is illustrated in Dworetsky and Dickstein, HorologyAmericana, p. 124.$1,500-2,500