Collectibles / Antiques
A rare mantel clock
Pewter, brass-plated, 35 cm high, Bezel 95 mm diameter by Carl Werner, Villingen, ca. 1900
Spring driven with pendulum, running 8 days per winding.
“Original advertisement”
“C. Werner, clock factory in Villingen, ( Black Forest ) fabricates solid spring-driven regulators as a speciality in three different qualities. All the components are of the most punctual performance, completely polished and painstakingly examined by experienced clock-makers.
Pay attention to the factory mark and take care not to confuse my work with others of a lesser quality. The price is the same as that of our competition.
I would like to notify my dear customers hereby that I have dropped my previous brand-mark and use in its place the two factory-marks, horseshoe monogrammed and horseshoe with star.”
The above ” original advertisement” and some other data I gleaned (with thanks of course) from the website of Juwelier Klisch, Weißenburg Bavaria.
https://www.uhrmachermeisterbetrieb.de
My book “Meister der Uhrmacherkunst” by Jürgen Abeler helped in my “detective work”, especially for “details with the above-mentioned trade (factory) marks.
I also know now, where my ” kitchen clock ” originated. The trade-mark on the right is most likely the dropped one, mentioned by Carl Werner.