91.             $150

Brewster Manufacturing Co. scroll-front,  1852-1854. A 17-inch case with rosewood veneer on the scrolled front and rippled trim on the door frame.  Both glasses are old, possibly original, the well-preserved tablet rebacked in blue.  The metal dial is faintly signed "Brewster Mfg Co, Bristol CT", and has been touched up where it chipped; the hands are period.  The ribbed brass 8-day movement is signed Brewster & Ingrahams, the company that preceded BMC.  It is running and striking on a wire gong.  There is a very dark label on the backboard and a new pendulum bob.  I believe Brewster is the only one who made these scroll-front clocks.  150–$300.