209.              $10

Dancing bear/organ grinder alarm clock, ca. 1900.  A 4-inch square tin can alarm clock with a paper dial, very yellowed, showing a bear dancing around a pole with an organ grinder playing the music.  The grinder’s arm moves around the handle as the clock runs, but in this case it doesn’t run because the spring is either broken or unattached.  Very tarnished case.  No maker name, but I didn’t remove the back plate. $10–$50.