The clock in Illustration [358] has the name Willard upon the face. The case is mahogany, and the mouldings which frame the glass and the bracket beneath the clock are japanned in colors. It belongs to Charles A. Moffett, Esq., of Worcester.
Illus. 359.—Lyre
Clock, 1810-1820.
The clock in Illustration [359] is of an entirely different style, and the case, the lower part of which is lyre shaped, is very beautifully carved with scrolls, which are finished in gilt. There is no maker’s name upon this clock, which belongs to Frank C. Turner, Esq., of Norwich.
The clock in Illustration [360] is in the lyre shape usually seen, which was made as a variation from the banjo. Such clocks are found of wood finished in gilt, or like this clock, in the natural wood, which is mahogany in most cases. The carving is generally in the same design, but some have the lyre strings, made of wood or brass.
Illus. 360.—Lyre-shaped
Clock, 1810-1820.
Eli Terry was the first of another famous family of American clock-makers. He started in business in 1793, in Plymouth, near Waterbury, Connecticut, a town well known ever since for its clocks and watches. His first clock was made a year earlier, a wooden clock in a long case with a brass dial, silver washed. He manufactured the works for tall clocks, selling them to pedlers, who took them into the country to dispose of. In 1810 Seth Thomas with Silas Hoadly bought the Terry factory, and continued the manufacture of clocks for long cases. Eli Terry in 1814 invented a wooden shelf-clock, called “The Pillar Scroll Top Case, with pillars 21 inches long resting on a square base, dial 11 inches square, table below dial 7 inches by 11.” This clock sold for fifteen dollars, and was made in enormous quantities. Illustration [361] shows two clocks, one an Eli Terry “Pillar Scroll Top” clock, with carved pillars similar to the ones upon pieces of furniture of that period. The other clock was made by Terry at about the same time. Inside each of these clocks is pasted a paper upon which is printed the following: “Patent Clocks, invented by Eli Terry, Plymouth, Connecticut.”
Illus. 361.—Eli Terry Shelf Clocks, 1824.