Rare c.1831-1832 Atkins & Downs (Eli Terry) Column & Splat Patent Clock

RARE c.1831-1832 Atkins & Downs (Eli Terry) Column & Splat Patent Clock

Clock is Rare as most clocks made by Atkins & Downs were manufactured for George Mitchell. This clock does Not have "Manufactured for George Mitchell" on the original print paper inside the clock. To find one that was NOT manufactured for George Mitchell is extremely difficult if not impossible to find!!! 

Features an Ivory Key hole, Key to case, Key to Wind, pendulum, and pulleys

Inside clock reads:
"Patent Clocks, Invented by Eli Terry & Manufactured By Atkins & Downs, Bristol Conn.
And Sold by them, Wholesale and Retail. Warranted If Well Used" 

The firm Atkins & Downs consisted if Irenus Atkins, Rollins Atkins, and Anson Downs. They were listed in business for the years 1831 and 1832 in Bristol Connecticut. Irenus was an ordained Baptist Minister besides being a clock maker. In about 1833, Downs left the partnership and the companies name changed to R & I Atkins. 

In about 1833, Downs left the partnership and the companies name changed to R & I Atkins. 

Eli Terry (born April 13, 1772, East Windsor, Connecticut—died February 26, 1852, Plymouth, Connecticut, U.S.) American clock maker who is generally considered the father of the U.S. mass-production clock industry.

From age 14 Terry was apprenticed to clock maker Daniel Burnap. In 1793 Terry opened a business in the area that became known as Plymouth. He received the first clock patent granted by the United States Patent Office (1797), and about 1803 he devised ways to use waterpower to operate his machines. In 1807 he hired Seth Thomas and Silas Hoadley to carry out a contract to make 4,000 wooden clock movements for Edward Porter and Levi G. Porter. When this was completed in 1809, Terry went into semi-retirement, but he continued some business for himself. His specialty was then the manufacture of one-day wooden shelf clocks, designed in 1814 and patented two years later.

All estate items sold as-is, where-is and are nonreturnable.
Clock may show some repairs and wear typical with age and we recommend a good service upon arrival to new owner.