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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 390550, member: 25"]The outline of the case is that of a mid to late 19th C American shelf clock, going by the size, shape and finials. The front and back, certainly not. Someone may have taken a case and changed the front and back for some purpose.</p><p>I don't think there would be any point in trying to re-clock it. If it is cheap enough, by all means use it for something.</p><p>If it had been a home made radio at some time there should be internal marks where the components, the speaker and radio chassis, were fixed to the case.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 390550, member: 25"]The outline of the case is that of a mid to late 19th C American shelf clock, going by the size, shape and finials. The front and back, certainly not. Someone may have taken a case and changed the front and back for some purpose. I don't think there would be any point in trying to re-clock it. If it is cheap enough, by all means use it for something. If it had been a home made radio at some time there should be internal marks where the components, the speaker and radio chassis, were fixed to the case.[/QUOTE]
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