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Although not yet quite an "antique," the Queen Anne battery clock from 1950, is unusual and not often seen. They were offered in either green or red background colors. The Queen Anne clock has many similarities to the Junghans and Ansonia "swinger" clocks, but it is not affected by moving air currents as are the statue and figural mounted swinging or compound pendulum clocks. It is a wall clock and thus is generally free from being affected by drafts or moving air currents which can upset the motion of statue clocks. A single "D" size dry cell provides electrical power to rewind the mainspring every few minutes. The dry cell is a part of the compound pendulum being housed above the center of the oscillation and thus the mass of the dry cell is critical to the rate of the clock. There is considerable variation in the weight of various makers "D" size older style zinc-carbon dry cells. The newer alkaline dry cells are much too heavy to use in the Queen Anne clock.
Height:
20.5 inches
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