The Beautiful Bowtie
This. Is a Bow-tie clock. It's so mid century and actually dates to the early 1950s. It took me awhile to figure out what it was called so I could look for information on these amazing pieces. It was made by United Clock Corp., out of Brooklyn in the 1950s. United made objects under their own name and in the early 60s they bought out Sessions Clock Co. after the company lost a million dollars. Their fanciest clocks were called Carnival Clocks and they were the fancy impossible prize no one could win at carnivals. Sailing ships, stage coaches, ballerinas and bowlers plus the usual atomic wall clock with spindles that are so highly collectible these days. United was not a high end company like Westclox or Elgin; think of them as the Walmart of mid century clocks. Affordable and lots to choose from. United folded late in the 1960s and although the clocks are still around they are getting rarer 50 some years later. This clock, the bow tie clock, came with a mystery. T