J.C. Brown Forestville Beehive Ripple Front Clock
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Forestville Manufacturing Co (American (Bristol, Connecticut) 1830s-1850s) Jonathan Clark Brown (American (Bristol, Connecticut)1807-72), circa 1842-1849. A beehive gothic ripple front mantle clock in rosewood having an arched and pointed case over a circular glazed door with lower square reverse painted tablet enclosing the white painted tin dial with black Roman hour numerals and fancy shaped period hands; the lower section with brass spring driven movement, hour strike on a coiled gong with brass covered pendulum bob. The dial signed in script above the six o'clock marker "J C Brown/Bristol, Ct. US". The interior also with paper label secured to the lower back of case "EIGHT DAY/BRASS CLOCKS/ SPRINGS WARRANTED NOT TO FAIL/ Manufactured and Sold by the/ FORESTVILLE MANUFACTURING CO./ J.C. BROWN, BRISTOL, CONN." Label also includes directions for setting the clock running. Approximate height 19", width 10.5", depth 4". Provenance: From the Estate of a prominent publisher and philanthropist, Greenwich, CT. Note: Label on back case states "The Collection of Samuel W. Simmons, 2050 Black Fox dr., N.E. Atlanta, GA 39329. Bought from Gordon Boucher-Hillsboro, N.H. June 1968, #151. MEMBER NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WATCH AND CLOCK COLLECTORS, INC.
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J.C. Brown Forestville Beehive Ripple Front Clock
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