#58 • Waterbury Clock Company "Festus" Carved Oak Gingerbread Mantel Clock

Part of Clocks, Instruments and Antiques Auction (timed auction by Linkous Auction Group)

High bid $35.00

Status: Sold

Waterbury Clock Company produced this ornately carved gingerbread-style mantel clock under the model name "Festus," an eight-day spring-wound movement that strikes on the half hours. Elaborately scrolled oak casework frames a cream-colored Roman numeral dial signed "Waterbury Clock Co., U.S.A." beneath a brass bezel, while the lower door retains its glass panel with gilt floral stenciling in gold, with a brass pendulum bob visible through the glass. The reverse of the case still bears the original orange Waterbury paper label reading "American Manufacture, Eight-Day-Spring-Strike, Festus, Strikes Half-Hours," along with a fragmentary retailer's shipping label from Bertha Roettger, Jeweler, of Richmond, Minnesota, adding a nice bit of provenance to the piece. Given its age, the clock shows honest wear consistent with a piece this vintage, including scuffing and rubbing to the carved oak finish, some losses and staining to the paper labels on the back, and light wear to the gilt stenciling on the glass, though the case carving remains crisp and well-defined throughout. The key turns accordingly, keeps time, chimes on the hour and half hour and the movement appears to be in good condition. Dimensions: 15"W X 22"H