Poole. An American mahogany battery-electric mantel timepiece, circa 1932

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Poole. An American mahogany battery-electric mantel timepiece, circa 1932
Executive model, the silvered dial with seconds ring, signed POOLE/TRADE MARK and MORSE CHAIN CO. ITHACA. N.Y. U.S.A., base plaque numbered 2676 -- 11½ in. (29 cm.) high over dome

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Crum and Keller ed., 150 Years of Electric Horology, NAWCC Chapter 125, 1992, pp.52-53.
The Poole Company started business between 1920 and 1924. It was sold to the Morse Chain Co. in 1932. Morse was subsequently sold to Borg-Warner, who closed the business down in 1934. In 1937 the operation was taken over by Barr Manufacturing, who continued to make clocks based on Poole designs. See also lots 15 and 16.

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