NOTES FROM THE Appraisal:
Painted wood and gilt metal, canister
spring driven timepiece wall clock,
"Blinking Eye" Owl pendulette novelty
clock, unsigned, possibly made by
one of the many Ketterer clock firms
in the Black Forest, Germany, circa
1938-1950.
DESCRIPTION
Blinking Eye Owl, Pendulette novelty
clock:
6.5 cm x 3 cm x 1.5 cm painted and
shaped wooden wall timepiece in the
shape of an Owl. The depth of the
case is only 1.5cm but there is a
metal canister holding the small
movement behind the owl wooden
case. The owl is painted with brown,
tan, black, gold and white paints and
is fairly well executed. In the modern
era such clocks are made with quartz
movements, but this example appears
to be earlier than the quartz era of the
1980s and has a manually wound
movement. The dial is centered in the
body of the owl and has upright white
Arabic hours against a black
background with a minute track to the
outside. A single winding arbor is
located at the six position and the gilt
dial center is marked 'Made in
Germany' at the bottom (post 1950
this would have said West Germany,
not Germany).
Condition: Appears to have some age
and in relatively good condition. My best guess is that your
example is vintage and most likely
dates from circa 1938-1950.
(Originally such clocks in the 19th
century were made in the Black
Forest right along with cuckoo clocks
and actually were powered by the
weights and not springs. This German product was the
equivalent of the Lux-Keebler
American pendulette/novelty clocks of
the second quarter of the 20th
century.
DATE
Circa 1938-1950