C.1855, Silas B. Terry, Terryville, Conn., 30-hour cottage timepiece with a ladder type movement with the spring outside the back plate.

C.1855, Silas B. Terry, Terryville, Conn., 30-hour cottage timepiece with a ladder type movement with the spring outside the back plate. Condition: Simple pine case is in nice condition with some wear and loss to the applied paper "snake skin" decoration. Original painted dial has some paint loss and minor wear at the winding arbor and around the mounting screws. Frosted tablet (Wm. B. Fenn) and brass hands are original. Nice colorful label inside case. Details of this movement can be seen in Palmer's Treasury of American Clocks, page 155. Ht 10.25" [26 cm]