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Title: Can anybody identify this 'German' gothic clock ??
Post by: mossie on April 07, 2011, 03:45:22 PM: We think it's German and it's been in our family for about 65 years, but nobody knows who made it, when it was made and where it came from.
Any ideas ?
Title: Re: Can anybody identify this 'German' gothic clock ??
Post by: mart on April 07, 2011, 05:03:10 PM: Beautiful workmanship where ever it came from !! Looks to be at least partly oak,, is it ??
Title: Re: Can anybody identify this 'German' gothic clock ??
Post by: cogar on April 08, 2011, 02:32:56 AM: Have you checked the mechanism for identifying marks?

Open the back and take a look see.
Title: Re: Can anybody identify this 'German' gothic clock ??
Post by: mariok54 on April 08, 2011, 08:36:55 AM: It looks in extremely good condition.

If you still can't find any info on it, then try this clock forum ... they will help you identify it, of that I'm sure. But they may need a photo of the inside, as the face doesn't give much away.

Good luck!
http://mb.nawcc.org/index.php
Title: Re: Can anybody identify this 'German' gothic clock ??
Post by: mossie on April 08, 2011, 12:42:32 PM: Ok, thanks for the replies.

yes it is oak, it looks good because it's just been restored to it's former glory.
I'll try that website

thanks
Title: Re: Can anybody identify this 'German' gothic clock ??
Post by: mariok54 on April 08, 2011, 01:35:06 PM: Let us know how you get on.
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Post by: KC on April 08, 2011, 02:23:45 PM: Picture has been removed!
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Post by: mariok54 on April 08, 2011, 03:02:29 PM: Very odd...???

But Mossie has posted on the other forum, so hopefully will get a response.
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Post by: waywardangler on April 08, 2011, 03:34:16 PM: I took out that huge deleted image block. I have no idea where the picture went because I never did see it.
Title: Re: Can anybody identify this 'German' gothic clock ??
Post by: mossie on April 08, 2011, 03:41:09 PM: Yes sorry, the picture has disappeared because I had to resize it for the other forum. Here it is again relinked.

It has the number 69462 inside

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/DingleRoad/P1010571683x1024.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/DingleRoad/P10105781024x768.jpg)
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Post by: talesofthesevenseas on April 08, 2011, 05:15:40 PM: Lovely clock- I think it looks like the face has been replaced with a new one and maybe the inner workings? I'm not a clock person, so I'll just watch the comments beyond that.
Title: Re: Can anybody identify this 'German' gothic clock ??
Post by: mariok54 on April 09, 2011, 01:03:35 AM: Hi Tales,
I know what you mean as it appears pristine ... but a good restoration will do that. It looks a very fine clock, but what is unusual is that there are no indications on the face or the interior as to who the makers were ... either of the clock or the case :-\
Title: Re: Can anybody identify this 'German' gothic clock ??
Post by: sapphire on April 09, 2011, 05:53:32 AM: If it was restored/cleaned, is it possible there had been a paper label?
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Post by: mariok54 on April 09, 2011, 06:54:59 AM: Quite possible, sapphire. Also, if the face had a complete lift then any vestiges of a name might not have been clear enough to copy. If you recall the New Haven clock I posted a while back, I was thinking of giving that a face lift, but decided against it, as the face held so much info, although becoming a little difficult to make out.
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Post by: sapphire on April 09, 2011, 08:00:58 AM: mossie are you sure it's German?

http://www.theclocksmith.com/clocks.php?t=mantel

Second one down.........
Title: Re: Can anybody identify this 'German' gothic clock ??
Post by: mariok54 on April 09, 2011, 09:21:05 AM: Well found Sapphire. The case is very likely English, whereas the works could very easily be German.

Just been to the Clock Forum, and they're suggesting a mix of German works, French Face & English case!!

Very cosmopolitan ;D
Title: Re: Can anybody identify this 'German' gothic clock ??
Post by: mossie on April 09, 2011, 03:12:01 PM: Quote from: sapphire on April 09, 2011, 08:00:58 AM
mossie are you sure it's German?

http://www.theclocksmith.com/clocks.php?t=mantel

Second one down.........

Hi Sapphire

The answer is , no I'm not sure it's german. The guys on the other forum are saying it's a Winterhalder & Hofmeier. It has the serial no. 69462 on the back plate.
Title: Re: Can anybody identify this 'German' gothic clock ??
Post by: mariok54 on April 10, 2011, 01:24:03 AM: It could quite easily be... and I'm sure someone there will come up with an identification, so long as you keep the thread going .. Good Luck!