222.              $50

Forestville Mfg. Co. 8-day OG, 1842-1849. A 29-inch case with clean flame-mahogany veneer and two period/original glasses and a very well retained lithograph tablet of Edinburgh Scotland.  The dial is in bad shape but bears a good signature of J.C. Brown.  The hour hand is likely original, the minute hand a replacement.  The signed 8-day, time-and-strike movement is a prime attraction here to movement collectors for its sculpted design.  It is running and striking, although the strike chain is sluggish.  There is a very nice lithograph label showing the Forestville Manufacturing Co. building and the goings-on around it; for some reason there are people in the lookout on top of the building, with a ladder nearby.  The JC Brown name is also prominently featured.  $50–$100.