rmarkowitz1_cee4a1
04-10-2011, 06:33 PM
This is a clock I've own for quite some time now. Thought I would share.
It is a "double decker" style case of mahogany and mahogany veneer on pine. The upper and lower glazed doors are flanked by carved and turned 1/2 columns. It retains an original, untouched, and crusty finish. Just as I like it.
The lower reverse painted and gold leaf tablet is, well, a bit unusual. It is without a boarder and that pinkish sky. It is absolutely original. Unfortunately, I have not been a responsible steward of this clock, as I have watched the tablet flake before my eyes over the years and have done nothing.
The dimensions of the clock are 36 1/2 tall, 18 1/2 wide, and 4 3/8 deep. The profile of the clock is rather slender, about the depth of a 30 hour clock. Comparing the dimensions to some other 8 day wooden works shelf clocks, the height is right, but they're deeper and not quite as wide
The white painted on wood dial has rather bright raised gilt gesso spandrel decoration with black Arabic numerals. A bit different for the period, a nice touch.
The wood weight driven time and strike movement sure looks like it's the size of a 30 hour wood movement. But there are pullies for compounded weights. Note the square tip to the hour pipe (a bit chewed up over the years). Love the 1/2-assed repairs.
The pine backboard bears the label of Eli Terry Jr. and Co. It does have losses. The mylar sheet was placed there by a previous owner.
The label states, "Eight-Day/Clocks". Such a slender case? Movement looks about the size of a 30 hour one? Did I buy another "marriage" or "licorice, all sorts"? Sure wouldn't be the first time, nor probably the last.
Well, it's not. Eli Terry, Jr. and Eli Terry Jr. and Co. produced the 5.111 8 day time and strike weight driven wooden movement. That is what's in this clock and original to it.
Information about these clocks and other 8 day wooden works can be found in Bulletin Supplement 18, 8 Day Wood Movement Shelf Clocks-Their Cases, Their Movements, Their Makers, by Rogers and Taylor. Why do all clock publications have such long titles? See pages 20 (also see figures 56 and 57, the latter for the label), 32 (also see Table II), page 54 (see figure 133 for a picture of the movement).
The 5.111 movement is the only 8 day movement, besides those by Fyler, to achieve the same size as the Terry-type 30 hour movements. They had 6 arbours on the time side. However, because the weights were larger, heavier, and required a longer drop to achieve a full 8 day duration, they could not be placed in the same cases as 30 hour movements.
RM
It is a "double decker" style case of mahogany and mahogany veneer on pine. The upper and lower glazed doors are flanked by carved and turned 1/2 columns. It retains an original, untouched, and crusty finish. Just as I like it.
The lower reverse painted and gold leaf tablet is, well, a bit unusual. It is without a boarder and that pinkish sky. It is absolutely original. Unfortunately, I have not been a responsible steward of this clock, as I have watched the tablet flake before my eyes over the years and have done nothing.
The dimensions of the clock are 36 1/2 tall, 18 1/2 wide, and 4 3/8 deep. The profile of the clock is rather slender, about the depth of a 30 hour clock. Comparing the dimensions to some other 8 day wooden works shelf clocks, the height is right, but they're deeper and not quite as wide
The white painted on wood dial has rather bright raised gilt gesso spandrel decoration with black Arabic numerals. A bit different for the period, a nice touch.
The wood weight driven time and strike movement sure looks like it's the size of a 30 hour wood movement. But there are pullies for compounded weights. Note the square tip to the hour pipe (a bit chewed up over the years). Love the 1/2-assed repairs.
The pine backboard bears the label of Eli Terry Jr. and Co. It does have losses. The mylar sheet was placed there by a previous owner.
The label states, "Eight-Day/Clocks". Such a slender case? Movement looks about the size of a 30 hour one? Did I buy another "marriage" or "licorice, all sorts"? Sure wouldn't be the first time, nor probably the last.
Well, it's not. Eli Terry, Jr. and Eli Terry Jr. and Co. produced the 5.111 8 day time and strike weight driven wooden movement. That is what's in this clock and original to it.
Information about these clocks and other 8 day wooden works can be found in Bulletin Supplement 18, 8 Day Wood Movement Shelf Clocks-Their Cases, Their Movements, Their Makers, by Rogers and Taylor. Why do all clock publications have such long titles? See pages 20 (also see figures 56 and 57, the latter for the label), 32 (also see Table II), page 54 (see figure 133 for a picture of the movement).
The 5.111 movement is the only 8 day movement, besides those by Fyler, to achieve the same size as the Terry-type 30 hour movements. They had 6 arbours on the time side. However, because the weights were larger, heavier, and required a longer drop to achieve a full 8 day duration, they could not be placed in the same cases as 30 hour movements.
RM