It has been suggested that there may have been fewer than thirty examples of this particular clock in existence. Terry was known for his innovative clock designs, which were made in very limited numbers and are now highly sought by collectors. He began his own clockmaking business in 1831 before forming S.B.Terry & Company in 1852 (a partnership with two other relatives) and later the Terry Clock Company in 1867 (run with his two sons). Terry was trained by his father, Eli Terry, another famed clockmaker at the turn of the nineteenth century. It features a full-length door with a reverse painted glass panel in the bottom portion of the door. The banded mahogany steeple-design case is in the “sharp Gothic” style. The brass plates of the movement are in one-piece strap style. The thirty-hour time and strike movement is powered by two mainspring driven wooden fuzees.
It has an oversized balance wheel with an enlarged rack lever style escapement. Terry of the noted Terry Clock Company of Connecticut. This steeple clock was constructed in 1834 by Silas B.
Paul Kuhl, 1st Sergeant, Company A, 15th NJ.He received a United States patent for a shelf clock mechanism. Terry was known as both an inventor and clockmaker. He later relocated to an area known today as Plymouth, opening his own business in 1793. At age 14, Terry apprenticed himself to clockmaker Daniel Burnap. Tunis Augustus MacDonough Craven, Commander, USS Tecumseh Happy Birthday, Eli Terry Sr., born OTD in 1772 in East Windsor, CT.New Jersey Civil War Soldiers Flip Book.The Lindbergh Trial: A Photographic View of Accused Kidnapper Hauptmann via Warden McCrea.Lantern Slides: British Isles, Scotland, Belgium.Showcase Collection: 1989 Christmas Cards.Showcase Collection: 1974 Christmas Cards.Showcase Collection: 1950 Christmas Cards.Showcase Collection: 1940 Christmas Cards.
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