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1. This is an electric cabinet clock with Westminster chimes. Probably from the 1930's or 1940's. Purchased new by my Grandparents, Walter and Mary Chudleigh. 12-1/2" tall x 8" wide x 6" deep. |
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2. Gilbert "Champion" oak kitchen shelf clock, c.1900. 17-1/2" tall x 15" wide x 5-1/2". Bought in antique store in Santa Barbara in 1990s. | |
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5. Gilbert "Concord" kitchen shelf clock, about 1905. This is the first clock I ever bought (about 1980). 23" tall x 15-1/2" x 4-3/4". I had the overhauled by A-Step-N-Time. Then took clock repair classes so I could rebuilt other clocks. |
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4. Sessions kitchen shelf clock, with alarm, c.1900. There is no model name on this clock but the face appears to be Old Man Winter, or Jack Frost, blowing his cold winds, though the mouth is not puckered. 23-1/2" tall x 16-1/4" x 4-1/2". | |
| 5. Gilbert "Napoleon" shelf clock, Pat. June 3, 1879. This clock was in my great-grandparent's (McAlexander) house in Arkansas when the house burned down in the 1890's. 15" tall x 10' x 4". My grandfather, Jesse Eugene McAlexander brought it with him when he moved to San Diego, Calif. about 1910. |
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5b. Evidently, this is what my Gilbert "Napoleon" looked like before the legs and trim melted in the house fire in the 1890's. This unburned clock is in a museum along Highway 49, south of Placerville, California. | |
| 6. Marble clock, bought in Mississippi, and flown to California as carry-on baggage. Weighs 40 lbs. 13" tall, 17" x 6". |
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7. Gilbert camelback clock, bought from Voice of Prophecy thrift store. 9-1/2" tall, 20" x 5". | |
| 8. Seth Thomas Ogee clock, c.1845. "Ogee" is an architectural term meaning an elongated "s" shape, found on the front of this clock near all the edges. 29-1/2" x 17" x 4-1/2". Weight driven. |
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9. Waterbury Ogee clock, c.1845. Like all clocks made before 1850, these ogee's strike on the hour only, not on the half-hour. Purchased for $30 at the Roseville swap meet, 1987. 29" tall. Weight driven. | |
| 10. Ingraham "The Monterey" mission style wall clock, c.1911. Purchased by Mary at the Ventura swapmeet, February 3, 2002. 27" tall x 12-1/2 x 4-1/2". |
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11. Japanese School Clock, c.1900. 22-1/2" Hangs on wall in my office. (Sold) | |
| 12. Gilbert "Washington" shop regulator clock with calendar, c.1890. Measures 38" tall x 18.5" wide x 5" deep. Probably golden oak style. |
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13. French marble clock with brass figures. 15" high, 13" wide. | |
| 14. Sessions oak mission or craftsman or arts and crafts style clock, c.1926. 20-inches high, 12" x 4-1/2". |
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15. Welch kitchen shelf clock, c.1885, walnut wood, nickel plated metal. Single barrel pendulum. 21" high x 4-3/4" deep x 13-1/2" wide. (Sold) | |
| 16. Wm. L. Gilbert "El Paso" oak mission or arts and crafts style clock. Movement dated 1906. Gong on hour, bell on half-hour. 18" wide x 10-3/4" tall x 5" deep at base. Green glass inserts. |
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17. "Le Pilote." (The Scout) This is not a clock but an electric newell post lamp. They were set on the posts of stairways as nightlights. There are several in the Magic Castle in Hollywood. 27" high. Made of pot metal. | |
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