DESCRIPTION:
Attributed to Carl Gullberg, Jersey City, N.J., an unusual electromagnetic striking skeleton clock, the rectangular green onyx base supporting a pair of gilt mounted onyx columns, and brass "A" frame with pendulum suspension, and provision for mounting the movement, skeletonized zinc dial with arabic numeral white enamel cartouches, blued steel hands with concentric seconds indicator, movement with in line, crescent shaped plates, in line trains, and striking on a blued steel gong, the pendulum with wooden rod and cylindrical brass clad bob, beneath a glass dome
CONDITION:
onyx base with repaired breaks, right side with loss at joint, battery compartment cover with repaired break, dial with minor bends, and crack at left side mount, two cartouches detached but present, some cartouches with hairlines and small chips, hands with specks of oxide, movement appears to be complete, dirty and oily, would benefit from service, pendulum with minor tarnish, pendulum rod with losses to finish, pendulum nut with flattened tip, pendulum suspension altered, dome good, condition of circuitry unknown. The movement layout and Gullberg's address may indicate a connection between Gullberg and the electric clocks of the New York Standard Watch Co.
ESTIMATE:
$1400
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$1800
PRICE SOLD:
$2600
CIRCA: 1900
DIMENSIONS: 17.75in x 12in x 7.5in
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