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Antique Timepieces
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WINTERHALDER HOFMEIER MAHOGANY NINE TUBE TALLCASE CL0CK TALL CASE (GRANDFATHER) CLOCK EIGHT DAY, MAHOGANY, TWO MELODIES WESTMINSTER AND WHITTINGTON I AM PLEASED TO OFFER YOU THIS STUNNING, ANTIQUE, NINE TUBE WINTERHAULDER HOFMEIER MAHOGANY TALL CASE CLOCK. THIS FABULOUS CLOCK DOES HAVE A PEDIGREE. IT WAS PURCHASED IN THE 1920'S FOR MR. CARL F.G. MEYER II, PRESIDENT OF MEYER BROTHERS DRUG COMPANY IN ST. LOUIS MISSOURI (I BELIEVE THE BUILDING IS STILL STANDING). I RECENTLY PURCHASED THE CLOCK FROM HIS GRANDDAUGHTER. THE CASE IS IN THE "GEORGIAN
STYLE", SOLID MAHOGANY, AND HAS A BEAUTIFUL (ORIGINAL) HAND RUBBED
PATINA. THERE ARE FULL COLUMNS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE DIAL DOOR AND LARGE
COLUMNS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE MAIN CLOCK CASE. THE GLASS IN BOTH THE DIAL
AND MAIN DOOR ARE BEAUTIFULLY BEVELED.
THE DIAL (OR FACE) IS
IN STUNNING CONDITION - NOTE THE BATTLESHIP IN THE
MOON DIAL.
THERE IS A SECONDS BIT AND ONE CAN TURN OFF THE CHIMES, AND OR, THE STRIKE. THIS CLOCK PLAYS EITHER WESTMINTER OR WHITTINGTON CHIMES ON THE QUARTERS AND THEN STRIKES THE HOUR --ALL ON NICKEL PLATED BRASS TUBES- SOUNDS JUST GREAT. THIS CLOCK IS OF EIGHT DAYS DURATION AND RUNS JUST FINE. AS A BIT OF HISTORY: THE WINTERHAULDER HOFMEIER CLOCK COMPANY WAS ESTABLISHED IN NEUSTADT-SCHWARZENBACH, FRIEDENWEILER, GERMANY WHERE THEY PRODUCED TIMEPIECES OF EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY FOR WORLD WIDE DISTRIBUTION. WITH THE 1929 CRASH OF THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE THEY LOST ALL OF THEIR ASSETS. IN 1937 THE PRODUCTION OF WINTERHALDER CLOCKS ENDED AFTER 200 YEARS. REFERENCE # C-383 CONDITION: EXCELLENT ORIGINAL YEAR: APPROXIMATELY 1921 HEIGHT: 91 INCHES (7'6'')
PRICE: $6,500 CLOCK CAN BE SEEN IN DENVER BY APPOINTMENT DELIVERY:
IN THE GREATER DENVER OR COLORADO SPRINGS AREA- NO CHARGE FOR DELIVERY
AND SET UP.
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