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colorful alarm clock of Goofy is from the late 70s and made
by Bayard. |
Bayard
clocks are French made; this Mickey Mouse wind up alarm clock
is from the late 70s. |
Many
character alarms date from the 1930s, such as this nickel-plated
on of the Big Bad Wolf. |
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Width:
4.5 inches
Height:
4.5 inches
Depth: 1.75 inches
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Width:
4.25 inches
Height:
5.25 inches
Depth: 1.75 inches
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Width:
4.5 inches
Height:
4.75 inches
Depth: 1.75 inches
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| Bugs
Bunny must have gotten into the swing of alarm clock licensing
by the late 1930s. Made by Ingraham. |
Naturally,
Sylvester got into the act too.. |
Woody
Woodpecker didn't have a regular shtick, so they put
him before a diner . . . |
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Width:
4.25 inches
Height:
4.5 inches
Depth: 1.5 inches
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Width:
4.5 inches
Height:
4.75 inches
Depth: 1.5 inches
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Width:
4.25 inches
Height:
4.25 inches
Depth: 1.5 inches
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| This
strange vision of Felix being nice to a strangely familiar mouse
is from the early 80s.. |
Swap
out the Felix graphics for Batman artwork, and there you have
it! |
Wonderfully
colorful artwork graces this Ingraham alarm of Roy Rogers and
Trigger. |
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Width:
4 inches
Height:
4.25 inches
Depth: 1.5 inches
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Width:
4 inches
Height:
4.25 inches
Depth: 1.5 inches
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Width:
4.25 inches
Height:
4.25 inches
Depth: 1.5 inches
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| For
all of you interplanetary travellers out there — get yourself
a Dan Dare pocketwatch. |
Unidentified
tots with unidentified bear by Bayard, circa 1950s |
And
finally, for unidentified faries or elves or whomever from Slumberland.
Signed "Smith." |
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Diameter:
2.5 inches
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Width:
4 inches
Height:
4.5 inches
Depth: 1.5 inches
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Width:
4.75 inches
Height:
5 inches
Depth: 2 inches
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This 30-hour
shelf clock advertising "Chew Friendship Cut Plug"
was so unique for its time, that it was awarded a Patent on
March 6, 1886. |
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Width:
5 inches
Height:
5.25 inches
Depth: 2.75 inches
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This little
clock called "Happy Days" celebrates the repeal of
Prohibition in 1933 and was made by the Lux Clock Company of
Waterbury Connnecticut. |
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Width:
4 inches
Height:
4 inches
Depth: 1.5 inches
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Grinders were a popular subject. This one was made by tthe Lux
Company. |
This
Lux Clock Company features a vaguely Swiss man grinding for
a bear. |
Here,
a blackface figure grinds for a strangely inanimate dog. This
is also a Lux. |
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Width:
3.75 inches
Height:
4.25 inches
Depth: 1.5 inches
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Width:
4.75 inches (at base)
Height:
4.25 inches
Depth: 1.5 inches
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Width:
4.75 inches (at base)
Height:
4.25 inches
Depth: 1.5 inches
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This
Lux Colock has a butcher hacking away at a joint. Notice the
small cat. |
Then,
there is this Lux Clock combination of cartoon shoeshine "boy"
and his sophisticated lady client. |
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Width:
4.75 inches (at base)
Height:
4.25 inches
Depth: 1.5 inches
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Width:
4 inches
Height:
4 inches
Depth: 1.5 inches
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| This
rural scene of Grandma by her spinning wheel while Grandpa smokes
his pipe was from the Lux Clock Company. |
Lux
strikes again with the (probably) bootleg "Showboat"
clock. Edna Ferber's novel was published in 1926. |
"Pixie"
was made in Mexico. It is marked "Hecho en Mexico por IRMSA
8510." |
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Width:
4 inches
Height:
4.25 inches
Depth: 1.5 inches
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Width:
4.25 inches (at base)
Height:
4.25 inches
Depth: 1.5 inches
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Width:
4.25 inches
Height:
4.25 inches
Depth: 1.5 inches
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The
bell swinging in the belfry is so small, one needs a microscope
to see it. Lux. |
This
very tiny travelling alarm clock also has a swinging bell (look
closely). |
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Width:
4 inches
Height:
4 inches
Depth: 1.5 inches
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Width:
2.25 inches
Height:
2 inches
Depth: 1.25 inches
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This charming
swinger was made by an anonymous maker in "Occupied Japan"
sometime between 1946 and 1952. |
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Width:
6.25 inches (at base)
Height:
8.5 inches
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