Forestville Manufacturing Co., J. C. Brown, Bristol, Conn., Column and Cornice shelf clock in a mahogany veneered case with a weight driven 8 day time and strike movement. c1850.

Forestville Manufacturing Co., J. C. Brown, Bristol, Conn., Column and Cornice shelf clock in a mahogany veneered case with a weight driven 8 day time and strike movement. c1850. There is one small veneer chip on the lower right front of the case and several earlier veneer repairs, The case has been refinished and has a soft luster The original wood dial has been repainted and has several horizontal cracks. The hands are original. The upper door glass is old while the two lower painted tablets are replacements. The label is in good condition and depicts the earlier Brown factory which burned in 1853. Ht. 31 1/2".