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Eli & Samuel Terry pillar & scroll, 1824-1827. Samuel was Eli’s younger brother (by two years); this was his first official venture into clock manufacture, where he learned to make wooden clocks. After three years he set out on his own and made and sold clocks for 7 years under his own name, and later with others. Clocks from this first venture with his brother are not uncommon. The case is 31 inches tall with the brass urn finial (on steel posts); the finish has been varnished, the veneer is complete. The crest, chimneys, and returns are replacements, and one scroll tip has been repaired. The escutcheon is a replacement, the key and latch work. The feet are also replacements, but I think the skirt is original. Both glasses are old, but I think both are replacements, based on the putty. The tablet has been repainted quite nicely. The wooden dial is also quite nice and was restored by TimeSaverDials. The hands are later period hands and thus not original. The 30-hour time-and-strike wooden movement is running and striking, but time-side cord is wound too short and the movement will need to be pulled to unwrap some length for hanging a weight. There are old weights, an old pendulum bob, and a dark but nearly complete label inside. $200–$300.