Vintage German Art Deco Regulator Wall Clock Mauthe FMS

Year: 52
Price: $430.00 USD

Description: Wall Clock Mauthe (1822 - 1884) founded the Friedrich Mauthe Uhrenfabrik in 1860 in Schwenningen, Germany. The company began as a general supplier for clockmakers tools and equipment, but eventually began manufacturing finished clocks by 1876 when sons, Christian and Jacob joined the business. By 1900, Mauthe employed 1,000 workers, and by 1930, 2,000 workers produced 45,000 clocks and watches per week. The company eventually declared bankruptcy and closed in 1976. Several different trademarks have been used by Mauthe, including the letter M in a diamond superimposed over a square, a stylized bird holding a circle with the letters FMS, and the word Mauthe in script.

Country: Germany
Object: Wall Clock
Origin: Germany
Dimensions (inches): 26.50H x 12.75W x 5.75D
Height: 26.50 in. (67.31 cm)
Depth: 5.75 in. (14.60 cm)
Width: 12.75 in. (32.38 cm)
Weight: 11.60
Date: 1930
Condition: Good

In overall good condition. Antique and vintage items by their very nature are used items and will show signs of normal wear due to age and use. As we define 'good condition' relative to the stated age of the piece, we would expect to see 'character marks' consistent with that age and could include nicks or dings to a wooden or metal object, wear to a painted surface, speckling on a mirror, crazing or manufacturing glaze skips in ceramic finish, wear to a label, and some original decorative trim may be missing. If ceramic/porcelain restoration has been done, it is of museum-quality so that it is hardly discernable and would be mentioned in the listing. 'Good condition' would not include chips or cracks in any glass or ceramic item.

Item Specifics: Shows normal wear to finish due to age and use. Stained glass panel in door has been professionally restored. Some of the glass sections replaced. Woodworm holes inside and very few on outside. Case has been treated; no active infestation noted. Clock is in running condition.

Strike (Hour) Function: Strike in working order.
Chime (Qtr or Half Hour or Music) Function: Not applicable.
Material: Leaded Glass, Oak
Style: Regulator Regulateur / Pendulum Clock

A Regulator, also Regulateur, is usually a large wall clock with a long case enclosing the dial above a long pendulum, and is noted for its time-keeping accuracy. Very elaborately carved regulator clocks are often called the Vienna Style.

Pendulum clocks use a pendulum, a swinging weight, as the timekeeping element. The pendulum clock was invented and patented by Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens in 1656, inspired by Galileo's investigation of pendulums (Galileo had the idea for a pendulum clock in 1637, but was not able to effectively build one). The use of the pendulum increased the accuracy of clocks enormously, from about 15 minutes per day to 15 seconds per day. Pendulum clocks remained the world standard for accurate timekeeping for 270 years until the invention of the quartz clock in 1927.

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