Hamburg American Corporation, Hamburg, a 19th century ebonis...

Hammer

£480

Hamburg American Corporation, Hamburg, a 19th century ebonised and gilt brass bracket clock, the brass arched dial with silvered chapter ring, the signed movement striking the hours and half on a bell, the case with gilt brass mounts, raised on a matching pedestal with applied cast masks, overall height 163cm, pendulum, key.
Sold with a Time and Motion, Beverley receipt for £650 in 1987.
HAC was founded in 1883 from the partnership of Paul Landenberger and Philip Lang in Schramberg. Originally called Landenberger and Lang, became the Hamburg Amerikanische Uhrenfabrik in 1891. Landenberger previously worked as business manager for Junghans. In 1930 the HAC merged with Junghans. The trademark of two crossed arrows was registered in 1892.