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Message:: [QUOTE="Ghopper1924, post: 10625253, member: 5170"]This was the Bargain of the Year for $15.00. Even with new bushings installed, it's still crazy cheap. This is a "ripple front' clock made by Jonathan Clark Brown in Bristol, Connecticut (U.S.) ca. 1848. It's an early clock made for an individual household, and is also one of the first to use the energy of coiled springs rather than weights. The ripple decorative elements, executed in mahogany, were apparently made possible by a machine of Brown's invention that was destroyed in a fire in 1855. Although this look can be duplicated by hand in a very time-consuming fashion, the machine that originally made it possible has never been duplicated and ripple front clock cases are considered a lost art. A small plaque inside the door states "G.W. Richardson Clintonville NY 1858." In the 19th Century Clintonville had a notable steel foundry, of which nothing is left today. The town is located west of Lake Champlain, close to the Canadian border. I don't know if Richardson was the owner of the clock, or the vendor. In any case, this kind of thing is what makes antiques fascinating! [ATTACH=full]532109[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]