Description
Jan 2020 - 64
Antique American Clocks
Kroeber "Pyramid", ca. 1884.
This is an elegant shelf clock, rich mahogany with a perfect
finish, a pierced brass ornament on the base and beveled glasses on three sides.
The case is 17.5 inches tall, 14.5 inches wide
and a stepped 5.5 inches deep with vases or candleholders on each side.
Not a flaw to be found.
The two-part dial is porcelain,
signed, with minor chipping at the winding ports.
Hands are correct.
The signed movement runs 8 days, time-and-strike
on the half-hours, regulated by an unusual and correct pendulum bob.
It is running and striking, the strike being a bit reluctant.
Remnants of a label on the back.
I can only find one sale, in 2004, for $1175 at Schmitt's, and that clock had some serious
deficiencies.
I would look for $500-$750 here.
Record courtesy of AntiqueAmericanClocks.com