$237
Octagonal Porcelain Front Wall Clock by Forestville Hardware and Clock Company, Forestville, Connecticut, c. 1850, with gilt decoration, printed maker's label on backboard, painted zinc dial inscribed with maker's name, 30-hour lever escapement movement, ht. 10 in. A related clock is illustrated and discussed in Kenneth D. Roberts and Snowden Taylor, Jonathan Clark Brown and the Forestville Manufacturing Company, pp. 57-60. Imperfections on porcelain and inpainting on zinc dial.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-02-15