April 16, 2024
Antique Fritz Oswald Skull Clock with Moving Eyes to show the Time.
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One of the earliest and rarest of the Oswald Rolling Eye Clocks. Black Forest region carved wood clock. Prewar late 1920s early 1930s. One eye is the hours and one the minutes. This gives the fun effect of looking right, then cross eyed, then wall eyed, the left as the eyes turn at different speeds. About 4.5 inches tall. Fine example of the early carved wood before they moved to composition. The item ?Antique Fritz Oswald Skull Clock Moving Eye Black Forest Wood Germany Rare Early? is ready for Halloween! *Maker: Fritz Oswald *Description: Rare early carved wood large Oswald rotating eye skull clock. *Case: The carved wood case depicts a skull with rotating eyes to show the time. *Movement: 30-hour time only movement and is wound, set and adjusted out the backplate that is stamped ?Patented USA Aug. 31, 1926, Made in Germany, *No jewels.Notes: The J. Oswald Company patented this type of clock in 1926, and the clocks took the forms of skulls, dogs, genies, owls, and monkeys. After the J. Oswald Company stopped making the clocks, knockoffs appeared in the 1960s and 1970s, but the classic Oswald clocks are still collectors' items. Size: 4.5 in.
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