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Ansonia Clock Company is was best known for its imitation gold clocks
and very ornate novelty clocks. Some people may consider Ansonia
clocks to be gaudy. Others consider them to be delicately beautiful
and ornate. Athletes, babies, angels, cupids, women, and other figures
are often part of the ornamental designs of Ansonia clocks.
The Ansonia Clock Company was so named for Anson C. Phelps. The
Ansonia Clock Company was founded in 1850 in Ansonia, Conneticut
by both Anson C. Phelps and also Theodore Terry and Franklin C.
Andrews.
Even with a very destructive fire in 1854, the Ansonia Clock Company
prospered. They rebuilt and continued to make very saleable clocks.
People just liked the ornate designs common to Ansonia clocks. The
Ansonia Clock Company made many different designs of clocks, including
carriage clocks, alarm clocks, cabinet clocks, galley clocks, mantel
clocks, and clocks with crystal regulators. The Ansonia Clock Company
made clocks from porcelain, china, marble, onyx, and other materials.
Ansonia clocks mainly were spring wound shelf clocks of many different
patterns, though. They also made regulator wall clocks. Cases of
Ansonia clocks were often of wood like mahogany and rosewood.
By 1914, the Ansonia Clock Company had nearly 450 different clocks
for sale. The Ansonia clock company was most noted for their iron-cased
clocks, though. Of course, by 1920, that number of 450 had decreased
to about 136 and later to only 47.
Ansonia clocks were produced until about 1930. Then a Russian company
purchased all of the machinery and shipped it off to Russia. In
1969, the rights to use the name, goodwill, and trademarks were
transferred to Ansonia Clock Co., Inc.
Ansonia clocks can still be found in antique stores and online
trading companies like ebay. Ansonia clocks are truly collectors
items these days.
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