Featured Tall Swinger Seeks Mate

This tall floor-standing swinger clock is from France ca, 1890; the woman is bronze and the whole assembly is over 6 feet tall.

Can one of you brilliant searchers find another one? I'm told it had quite the value some years ago, and I would like to find a listing for something similar and so far I've got zilch.

Asking for a friend.....

 

https://clock.collectionhero.com/view_item.php?id=71632
"RARE SUPER LARGE Diana Swing Ball Clock mechanical Key Wound Movement working - Sold on eBay August 5th, 2023 for $12,000.00"

 

Perfect. That’s what I was looking for!!!
Go Marote!!!!

 

She is lovely.

A word of advice, never buy from a guy with a blue face.

 

No worries @Any Jewelry . Marote’s news was most welcome, and the piece is mine!!

 

Marote is often the bearer of good news.

I suspected as much. A wonderful piece to have.

 

And the receiver of bad news regarding his own purchases

 

Gorgeous. Nice acquisition, Hopps!

 

What a fabulous piece !

 

My point exactly.

 

Well found, Marote!

 

never seen one of these , incredible piece !
doesn't appear to be french ( is CT connecticut ? )
Ansonia seems to be the manufacturer but all I can find is
The Ansonia Clock Company, formed in 1851 and operated as a high-quality company until the 1920s, made the clock of this week. A series of bad decisions and the Depression forced the sale of the company to Soviet Russia in 1928. The company was originally housed in Darby, CT until 1854 when the factory burned. ::: can't open the link !

there appear to be repros : https://www.invaluable.com/auction-...ia-clock-co-diana-ball-swing-705-c-b744660943
which I hope isn't the case here

 

I believe Ansonia may have originated the swinger concept in the 1880s, at least that’s when they appeared in their catalogs. Like most reproductions, swinger repros are fairly obvious when you see them in person: lesser castings, poorer movements usually wound from the front of the sphere, etc. Also, Ansonia contracted with French clock companies and sometimes used French sphere movements with Ansonia statues around 1900.

Swingers were also made in France and Germany. French swingers were of very high quality and command prices similar to antique Ansonias. German swingers get lower prices; I have not examined one to see why; they may be newer as well, well into the 20th Century.

I have never heard of one of the large floor standers being reproduced. Mine is French from ca.1890, trust me!

 

Ansonia is a town/city in Connecticut, relatively near New Haven. It's on the Naugatuck River, so it's one of the old mill towns. They used water power in the factories, and the area had quite a bit of industry in the 19th century.

 

Including Aliexpress versions
https://www.aliexpress.com/i/3256804444782105.html?gatewayAdapt=4itemAdapt

 

only 66 left !

 

Of course.

 

When I read the title I thought we would be seeing Hugh Heff.
LOL

Enjoy your swinging item.

 

I always got the impression he wasn't tall. Maybe one of his friends.