210.     $2500

J.C. Brown “shelf acorn”, 1847-1850.  A 24.25-inch case with a beautiful, lacquered finish over rosewood veneer.  Both glasses are old but both may be replacements based on the putty holding them in place; the lower glass is cracked but stabilized and has an old decalcomania image of the Merchants’ Exchange in Philadelphia.  The 8-day time-and-strike remote fusee movement is signed “Forestville M.F.G. Co.”; it is unwilling to run for more than 30 seconds.  It does strike. There is a good card label with J.C. Brown’s name inside.  Harris sold one in May for $3700, and Schmidt’s Antiques sold one in April for $3750.  $3000-$4000.