87.      $250

New England banjo, ca. 1830?  This early banjo has an unusual brass movement that I have not seen in other banjos – it seems to be a cross between a wheelbarrow movement and an A-frame movement, the latter typical of Rhode Island makers.  I cannot find an equivalent in Foley’s or Petrucelli and Sposato’s books.  If you can provide any insight please let me know.  The case is 30 inches long, possibly gilded at one time, now gold-painted.  One or both glasses have been nicely repainted on old glass, the dial glass is slightly convex.  The finial is a poor replacement.  The original painted dial is flaking badly; the hands are likely original.  There is a lead weight; the clock is running tentatively. With a proper eagle or acorn finial this would be a nice example, as the glasses are very good and the movement unusual.  $250-$750.