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Antique American Clocks
S.B. Terry double-wind steeple, 1845-1848.
It's very easy to miss the significance of this rather
ordinary-looking steeple.
It has a well-preserved Fenn tablet and a wooden dial, with only a single winding arbor; however,
it has a wire gong strike attached to the movement.
Time and strike and only one winding arbor?
Silas Burnham Terry, the
master of unusual movements, utilized a double-wind movement to drive both trains.
The spring is centered in the movement and
housed in a brass case; it is running and striking on the hours.
I can find only one other example of this model, offered by
R.O. Schmitt in 2011, but unsold.
The expected price range, $4000-$6000, was not reached.
The 30-hour movement is not
signed, and if Terry put a label on the inside back it has been overpasted by the J.J. & W. Beals resellers label; the Beals were
clock dealers in Boston in the mid-1800's, buying from many Connecticut manufacturers.
The case is veneered in figured mahogany,
there are four steeple cones, and both glasses are period/original.
As noted, the dial is wooden with period hands.
very rare clock.
$2500-$5000.
IMPORTANT UPDATE:
I had earlier stated that this was "tandem wind" clock, where you turned
the key in opposite directions to wind the strike and the time trains.  I am grateful to
for setting me straight on
this: the clock winds in
only one direction
, but it drives both trains.  I checked and this is correct for this example.
Sorry for the error.
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