Antique Forestville Manufacturing Company Clock

Price Type: auction
Sold Date: July, 2002
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Forrestville Mfg. Co. column clock, ca 1848. "Forrestville Manufacturing Co., Bristol, Conn", ca 1848. 8 day, brass movement is signed, 2 iron weights, correct gong, pendulum, hands. The wood dial is also signed. Excellent large label, picture of the company's factory. The label has the names of the company's owners including: J.C.Brown, S.B. Smith, C. Goodrich. 32 inch empire style case, rosewood veneer is beautifully polished. Doors are beveled, half columns, 3 original glasses with the 2 geometrical glasses being very special. The very top edge and bottom edge are scuffed but don't need repairs. The sides of the case on the sleighs have some bubbles on one side and a small piece of veneer chipped on the other. After considerable time researching this clock I must move on and let others figure out why the label says that Brown, Smith & Goodrich were partners in Forrestville, but no where can I find that they were. The only thing I can figure is that the label is much older than the movement. The movement was used by Brown in his acorn clocks (with fusee) and adapted to this clock with weights. See pages 250-254 in "The Contributions of Joseph Ives to Connecticut Clock Technology, 1810-1862", by Kenneth D. Roberts. There is considerable more information in his Revised Second Edition.

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