A unusual early or mid 19th C. American cast iron and paint and nacre decorated mantel clock, 8 1/2″ in height. This having a silvered dial with the embossed signature “J. C. Brown, Bristol, CT USA” and with the balance wheel escapement exposed at the 12:00 position on the dial.
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