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Message:: [QUOTE="bluemoon, post: 247809, member: 1296"]This clock decoration was glued (with brown glue) onto a clock case that appears to have a written date from the 1880s.The clock movement and case are both marked by the same manufacturer but the serial number of the movement suggests it's from the late 1890's or early 1900's. I don't know that for a fact but it's highly likely.Depending on the source, it's said the clock company was merged into another one in the late 1890's but elsewhere there are mentions of it being around in at least 1904. So how could a clock case from the 1880's have a bakelite decoration, since bakelite was invented in 1907, according to Wikipedia? The clock case doesn't seem to have any nail holes from a previous decoration, which is odd because these types of clocks basically always have a front decoration. Aren't those usually attached with nails, not just glue?Is the decoration a later addition or is it not bakelite? A hot pin does make a hole in it and it has a certain smell to it, kind of like matchsticks smell. It appears the decoration was once glued back together with the same brown glue. It broke again when I was taking pictures of it. Whether it's original to the clock or not is the question. [ATTACH=full]76272[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]76273[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]