The dial center is Dore bronze and textured, with three winding apertures for the springs and a lever to adjust the chimes and to silence the chiming function. (Craft Member of the British Horological Institute), Marshall Field & Company” (Marshall Field was the Department store in Chicago from where the clock was purchased).ĭial: Brass alloy squared off dial plate with silvered Roman hour chapter ring, Fleur-De-Lys half hour markers, closed minute track to the outside with Arabic markers placed every five minute around the periphery of the chapter ring. The inside of the door with a plaque that reads, ‘Henry E. The back of the case has a square oak door providing access to the movement compartment. The sides of the case have ovoid gazed side-lights and the base has an ogival stepped moulding leading down to straight bracket feet. Below is the square case façade and glazed dial door with chamfered corners. A notched metal carrying handle sits above theĭouble caddy top solid pediment and placed above a concave overhung cornice. PROVENANCE: "My grandfather bought this piece, been in the family for a long while."ĭESCRIPTION: Case: Approximately 15” in height, this is a light stained oak clock case made in the English bracket clock style. TITLE: Art Deco era, Stained oak, three train, spring driven, eight day time, strike and Westminster quarterly chiming, mantel clock, made by the Urgos Clock Company, S/N 485856, made in Schwenningen, Germany, circa 1936. Thank you for sending in this mantel clock to for an appraisal.
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