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TITLE:
Stained hardwood, three train, weight driven, eight day time, strike and quarterly chiming, Hall clock (aka-the modern grandfather clock) using an imported German-made movement, case attributed to Howard Miller Clock Company of Zeeland, Michigan, retailed by the Dial Company, Ltd., 1613 Alexander St., Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1976. (The Dial Company Ltd is out of business)
DESCRIPTION:
Case: Stained hardwood, 80", Hall clock case with a tripartite split and molded arch pediment above the arched glazed trunk door. The door is divided into two parts: the upper glass overlies the dial while the longer lower glass allows viewing the descent of the three brass canister weights and the arc of the pendulum as it swings inside the case.
The sides of the hood have Gothic fenestrated wooden grillwork to allow the chiming tones to be emitted into the room. The lower sides have glazed panels. The trunk door is flanked by ringed full round brass columns. The short base has a step molding sitting flat to the floor. The case carries an oval label of the retailer.
Dial: An arched single piece, brass alloy dial with Roman hour chapter, closed minute ring, half hour markers, steel Chippendale style hands, patterned dial center and brass colored corner spandrels. The lunette has a revolving moon dial with two brass embossed hemispheres just below. The dial is not signed.
Movement: Not Shown but thought to be an imported German made example, likely supplied by either Franz Hermle or Kieninger. Usually these three weight movements are made of solid brass plate and powered by three polished brass canister weights on pull up link chains and wound by pulling these up onto the sprocket gearing inside the movement. This provides a movement with an eight day duration, striking the hours and playing (? Westminster) chimes on the quarter hours on a series of metal rods attached to the case using several hammers. The chime controls are usually at the three position on the dial or at both the three and the nine positions. There is a long pendulum inside the case with a large brass bob.
Condition: The case is in very fine condition with no obvious damage. I will assume the dial is in very good condition as well since I cannot see a close-up view. The movement is most likely still quite functional. The price of these Hall clocks has taken a real hit since it was made 3-4 decades ago. Hundreds of thousands of such clocks were made and coming to the market today.
HISTORICAL:
The Howard Miller Clock Company: Howard Miller, son of Herman and trained by him in the Black Forest region of Germany, founded the clock company in 1926, when he was 21 years of age. In its early years it produced chiming wall and mantel clocks. It was not until the 1960's that the Miller Clock Company began to produce Hall/Grandfather clocks. It became the world's largest producer of these clocks. Today they use Kieninger clock movements, and purchased this German company not many years ago. They produce the cases in their own factories in Zeeland, Michigan. They produce very nice reproductions of 18th, 19th and 20th century styles in a modern clock.

The estimate provided is based on comparable auction prices from recent past recorded auction sales. The Retail or dealer "asking prices" usually are significantly higher.
Thank you again for allowing me to do this appraisal for you,
David