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Silas B. Terry/Samuel Terry 8-day brass movement shelf clock, 1828–1835. This clock is clearly a Silas B Terry clock, but it bears a Samuel Terry label inside. Silas was Samuel’s nephew and the two were contemporaries. The Federal-style case is 27.5 inches tall, veneered in mahogany, with two full-length, three-quarter columns flanking the full-length door. The dial glass is original with the original putty, the lower glass old but a replacement, with the tablet painted by Tom Moberg. The wooden dial is faded, with a cutout for the seconds beat sub-dial. The hands are period but have been painted. The brass movement has wooden drums and a rack and snail strike, with 4.5-lb weights compounded to give an 8-day run. The pulleys top and bottom are wood; note that there likely was a dust cover on top. It strikes on a wire gong and is running and striking without problem. There is a card label inside for Samuel Terry, varnished over; Samuel worked on his own from 1828-1835 making wooden movement clocks, but likely moving into brass movement clocks in his later years when he formed a company with his sons Ralph and John B. This clock may have been purchased or taken in exchange from Silas; there are several examples of this model on LiveAuctioneers under the name of Silas B. Terry, but this is the only example I can find with a Samuel Terry label. This clock was purchased at Schmidt’s Antiques in 2019 for $700. $500–$1000.