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Antique American Clocks
Forestville Manufacturing Co. ripple-front cottage, 1842-1849.
The movement is signed
Forestville Manufacturing Co., as is the label, with J.C. Brown as proprietor; his signature is also on the old painted dial.
The rosewood-veneered case is 15 inches high with ripple around the outer edge of the case and around the door and crossbar.
The finish is a bit rough and could stand to be cleaned, if you don't like a patina.
Both glasses are old, the dial glass with
a nice surround, and the tablet, of a palace or public building on a lake, is original with some losses across the middle.
like the tablet.
There is a brass knob on the door and an unusual pendulum hanger.
The label is behind plastic.
It is running and striking; the time-side click-stop has been replaced.
J.C. Brown cottages, and Brown clocks in general, are
still commanding good prices; several sold at Schmitt's last fall for $300-$600.