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Candlestand Clock
1853-1855
Terryville Mfg. Co. (1853-1855)
USA: Connecticut, Terryville
Milk glass, brass, steel, glass
a,c: 8-1/2"h x 4-3/4"dia; b: 7"h x 4-1/2"dia.
Gift of Mrs. Willis R. Michael
82.53.7a-c

Candlestand Clock; a: clock: white paper dial; dial marked "Terryville/ Mfg. Co./ Terryville,/ Conn."; movement: spring driven, 30-hour horizontal balance wheel; attached to base with two metal fasteners that move allowing clock to be removed from base; b: glass dome; c: white milk glass base


Innovative clockmaker Silas Burnham Terry (1807-1876) followed in his father, Eli Terry’s (1772-1852), footsteps. Interested in creating small clock movements, Silas experimented with different kinds of springs to drive his clocks, like the horizontally mounted steel coil seen here.



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