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Jul 2021 - #209
Antique American Clocks
Forestville Manufacturing Co. ripple-front shelf clock, 1842-1849.
An uncommon model with a fusee
The 18-inch case is veneered in rosewood with a gloss finish.
The dial glass is period, the frosted tablet a
modern replacement, but appropriate.
The contoured metal dial holds the original paint and signature of J.C. Brown; it is soiled,
faded, and spotted.
The hands are period, minute hand slightly questionable.
The 8-day, time-and-strike fusee movement
is signed "Forestville M.F.G." and is running, but the strike is hung-up.
Battered label is behind plastic, with sufficient
information to establish the manufacturer.
I can find only one other sale of this model, in 2013 at R.O. Schmitt for $225; it
had some deficiencies.