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Steeple Shelf Clock, c. 1845
Silas B. Terry
Terryville, Connecticut

This clock has Eli Terry's balance escapement movement, patented in 1845. The thirty-hour, fusee spring-driven, brass movement is housed in a large Gothic or "steeple" case.

Donated by August Van Dessel, NAWCC #82667
91.1.2

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