1800-1850
GUSN-306981
Mantel clock with scrolled arch pediment and three brass urn finials. Engaged Doric columns. Clock face ornamented with gold floral decoration. Glass plate below painted with scene of castle, lake and trees. Ogee apron and delicate molded feet.
pillar and scroll clocks
wood (plant material)
brass (alloy)
sheet glass
verre églomisé
gilt paint
Clock
Clock, Mantel
Clock, Mantel
PATENT CLOCKS,/INVENTED BY ELI TERRY./MADE AND SOLD BY E. TERRY & SONS,/WARRENTED IF WELL USED./N.B. The public may be ass[ured] that this kind of clock will run as long without/repairs, and be a durable and (damaged) for keeping ti(damaged) of clock what-/ever (printed on paper)
Original To Nickels-Sortwell House (Wiscasset, Me.),
Terry, Eli
Plymouth, Connecticut, United States
31 x 17 7/8 x 4 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Frances Sortwell
1958.375
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