236.            $50

French metal case clock, ca. 1890.  A 12-inch sculpted metal case with an old and possibly original finish.  There is a beveled flat glass over the two-part dial with a visible escapement. The porcelain outer ring has numerous hairlines and a repair to the upper right.  The hands are likely original, the pallets are steel.  The small round movement is signed but I don’t recognize the maker, with an eagle symbol over a medallion. The pendulum is fixed and there is a flat glass in the back door.  It will run for a while but stops.  Time-only. $50–$100.