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Dixon Special Striking Trade Stimulator Clock
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American. 1880s. Ebonised wood case with simulated stone quarter columns. Made by the Waterbury Clock Co. and adapted for gambling by the Progressive Manufacturing Co. of Papa, Illinois. Mechanically functioning. Insert a nickel and the clock dispenses two tokens once each five times. The clock strikes each time a token is dispensed. Holes remain in the rear case where a marquee top sign was once mounted. A trade token is included. From the Graham J.F. Jones Collection. 10" x 13" x 6.5".
New Haven Clock Co. “Trade Stimulator” Clock with
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New Haven Clock Co. “Trade Stimulator” Clock with Animated Acrobatic Skeleton . Two movements: One is 8 day time & strike. One is to power the skeleton. A very nice example. Ht. 23″. A Private Collection.
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Dixon Special Coin Operated Clock
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Dixon Special Coin Operated Clock: ebonized wood case with coin slot on top and a return cup on the case’s right side. It has a gong strike and winds ok.
10 1/8″ x 13″
C M Trade Mark 16″ Gallery Clock
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C M Trade Mark 16″ Gallery Clock: has pendulum; painted metal dial with seconds bit and marked CM in a diamond Trade Mark; opens on the bottom to hook up pendulum.
(Dial is crazed and stained.)
Not tested.
16″ Dia.
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Oak Trade Sign Clock w/Applied Letters
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Oak Trade Sign Clock w/Applied Letters: the time only movement with a 12″ dial has not been accessed to find any makers info. The oak frame has applied stars and words “Watches Jewelry & Clocks”.
(The dial is crazed, as if it got too close to a heat source.)
27 1/2″ x 22″ and running at this time
Gilt Painted Jewelry, Watch, and Clockmaker Trade Sign
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American, second half 19th century, gilt wrought iron surround with figures of father time, inscribed "Jewelry, Watches, Clocks", centering a black and white painted tin clock with roman chapter ring, heavy wrought iron hanger, now mounted on modern black metal stand, finished on both sides, 30-1/2 x 28 in., with stand 32-1/2 x 28 x 6 in.
Provenance: Property sold to benefit the American Folk Art Museum
A miniature olive-wood veneered striking table clock
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A miniature olive-wood veneered striking table clock
The movement signed for Henricus Jones, Londini. Probably late 19th/early 20th century.
The case with caddy top surmounted by a brass knopped handle and side mounts over a plain moulded cornice and rectangular glazed side panels on a stepped base with ebonised section on bun feet (the rear door glazed and veneered on all sides of the frame). The 4.75 inch square dial with engraved foliage to each corner, framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with narrow Arabic five-minute track interspersed with typical dots, around dotted trefoil half hour markers, finely matted centre with chamfered date aperture and blued steel hands. The twin gut fusee movement with thick plates united by three square-section pillars and two knopped and finned pillars, all pinned to the frontplate, the going train with knife edge verge escapement, the strike train with outside countwheel, signed in a lambrequin 'Henricus Jones Londini', with engraved border, and clicks with stopwork mounted on the backplate. Sold with two small case keys. 29cms (11ins) high (4)
Footnotes:
Literature: Dawson, G.P., Drover, C.B., Parkes, D.W. (1982) Early English Clocks. Woodbridge: ACC, plate 611 where it is dated to circa 1680 along with the comment that the cross-grain mouldings were modified to accommodate the use of olivewood.
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