Vintage 1930's-40's Lackner Neon Glo Clock Dulcy Art Deco Catalin Very Nice!


This Lackner "Dulcy" clock has kept a beautiful natural gloss to the cabinet. The color is a marblezied brown. Cabinet is free of any cracks. I found one chip on the bottom base corner as shown, very typical. Also, previous owner glued some rubber circle/feet on the base I assume to prevent scratching furniture. I did not try to remove them.


The clock keeps good time. It is very quiet, you can barely hear a hum, it's very faint. I have attached a video to support this.


The glass case is free of any scratches.  The only flaw to note is that the metal bezel around the glass is not flush on the right side. The other side is fine.  See photos. I'm sure this is any easy fix, but I did not want to mess with it. The metal is in great shape.

The streamline Art Deco metal base is in excellent condition, no dents.

The toggle switch turns on the lamp. I have no idea what kind of lamp is inside, but it lights up the face pretty well and a good part of the cabinet, as shown.


The only other thing to mention is that the second hand is missing a bit of red paint on the crescent moon (see close-up).


This was an estate sale find.


Here is some history I pulled from the internet:

Lackner Clock Company of Cincinnati, Ohio was one of largest producer of industrial and lite-up advertising clocks during the 1930's + 1940's. Along with the large wall clocks Lackner manufactured they also offered a line of tabletop Art Deco "Neon-Glo" clocks that had a neon tube or light bulbs on the interior that lit-up the dial and cabinets when switched on.

The cases were made of either Bakelite, Catalin, Plaskon(an type of early plastic like Bakelite) or wood with brass, glass, Bakelite and Plexiglas accents. The Catalin Dulcy, Bakelite and Plaskon Sultan + Iris models are the most sought after by collectors. The Catalin version was available in alabaster(yellow), marbled brown, marbled black/green, blue, and orchid(pink).