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Eli Terry Carved Pillar Shelf Clock

Eli Terry Carved Pillar Shelf Clock: the interior label states it was manufactured for George Mitchell. Wood, weight driven bell striking movement and 10″ wood dial. The case is mahogany and veneer with carved paw feet, columns and splat. (It works for a bit, then quits. The bottom glass is a replacement. The ivory key [...]

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E. & G. Bartholomew Stenciled Column Shelf Clock

E. & G. Bartholomew Stenciled Column Shelf Clock, Bristol, Connecticut, c. 1840, painted wooden dial with Arabic numerals and gilt corners flanked by stenciled columns and capped with a stenciled splat and pineapple finials, reverse-painted tablet with a country scene within a gilt border, printed maker’s label inside case, carved paw feet, thirty-hour time and [...]

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Birge & Fuller Wagon Spring Shelf Clock

Birge & Fuller Wagon Spring shelf clock 1844-1848, Joseph Ives patent; works signed, remains of paper label, nice dial & glass (possibly original) (Mahogany veneer case good with one tiny repair area to top front and a tiny fill on left side; candles with a minimum of loss at tops; quite nice overall; running at [...]

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Jerome & Darrow Weight Driven Shelf Clock

Reverse Painted Glass Panel. Original Label on Interior. Decorated Face. Ebonized and Japanned Pillar and Top. Carved Animal Feet and Pine Cone Finials. Small Varnish Loss and Chips. Key Included. 30.5” High x 14.75” Wide x 6.25” Deep Images Click on thumbnails to see larger images:

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Mahogany Cased Massachusetts Shelf Clock

Mahogany Cased Massachusetts Shelf Clock, Aaron Willard, Boston, c. 1790, with molded top, brass stop-fluted quarter columns flanking the kidney dial with Arabic numerals marked “A. Willard,” enclosed bracket feet above a lower case with brass carrying handles and bracket foot base housing an eight-day brass, weight-driven timepiece with passing strike on a bell, ht. [...]

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Capital Dome Pressed Oak Ingraham Shelf Clock

Capital Dome Pressed Oak Ingraham Shelf Clock, eight day time and strike brass movement, paper dial with Roman numerals, gilt tablet tropical plants and latticework. Pressed oak case in original cleaned finish with top having central U.S. Capital dome, flanked by floral scroll work, lower wings with floral scroll work and skirt with acanthus leaves, [...]

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