KEEBLER CLOCK CO. "PUPPIES IN A BASKET" PENDULETTE TIMEPIECE
INDEX # : 182-T-0706

circa: 1950-1960

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CLOCK STYLE	Pendulette
CLOCK NAME	Homemade "Puppies in a Basket"
MANUFACTURE	Movement manufactured for The Keebler Clock Co., Chicago, Il.
CASE MODEL #	N/A
MOVEMENT TYPE	Brass, 30 hour, lever escapement, spring driven. 200 beats/minute.  Movement signed "August C. Keebler CO. Chicago"
CASE SIZE & CONSTRUCTION	Base=5", Height=4 5/8", Depth=2" Brown molded wood (Syroco) case.
LABEL INFORMATION	N/A
DIAL INFORMATION	Wood Arabic letters.
MISC. FEATURES	The clock face sports four puppies sticking their heads out over the rim of a basket.  The case was originally a brush holder.  The craftsmanship in marrying the movement to this case is extremely good, if you didn't know it was a marriage, you wouldn't be able to tell that it was not made this way by Keebler.
ACQUIRED FROM	Online auction
CONDITION WHEN ACQUIRED	Time piece in running order, the case is in very good condition.
RESTORATION	N/A
HISTORICAL DATA	This clock is a homemade Pendulette utilizing a Keebler movement and a Syroco brush holder for the case.  Other examples of these homemade Pendulettes can be seen at the luxclocks.net website listed below. From luxclocks.net: "Many of the Pendulette and shelf clocks had faces made by the Syracuse Ornamental Company Inc. These were made of a mixture of fine sawdust and resin (known as Syrocowood) that was poured into a mold, dried and then removed from the mold. The Lux Clock Mfg. Company then hand painted these cases in various colors. After World War 2, The Lux Clock Mfg. Company started producing many of their clocks with plastic cases. In the 1930s Lux Clock Mfg. Company also made clocks for the August C. Keebler Company of Chicago, Illinois (The Keebler Company did not produce their own clocks). The Lux Clock Clock Mfg. Company also sold the same clocks with their name on them. Westclox also made clocks for the Keebler Company that were similar to the Lux Pendulettes. The Westclox clocks all wind at the nine o'clock position. In the late 50s Westclox also produced their own Pendulettes, which were similar to the Lux Pendulettes.  The Lux Clock Mfg. Company also had a sales division in New York, the DeLuxe Clock and Mfg. Company Inc., 1107 Broadway New York, New York. You will find many of the art clocks with the DE LUXE sticker on the back of the case."
REFERENCES	1. "luxclocks.net" - A terrific website with good information to help identify many different Lux Clock models.
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