Featured German Oswald Dog Clock

So I went to visit family for Thanksgiving and someone brought out this dog clock. My grandfather was a stevedore for a major port in TX, and he was occasionally invited on board for dinner and was gifted with items over the years. This is a german clock dog with rotating eyes. The label "Carl Tiedemann Stevedore" is the shipping company based in Hamburg, not the maker of the clock. I've found many similar clocks online. The bottom sticker identifies it as an Oswald Clock Co, possibly as early as the 1920s, but more likely late '30s or '40s which is when my grandfather began working there. There is another carved signature "H. Tolle" which I would guess identify the carver, but I haven't found much info on that. I don't have any questions about it except about the H Tolle sig, I really just wanted to share this unique piece. Happy Thanksgiving!!!

 

I suspect a number of carvers supplied bodies for these clocks and H. Tolle is untraceable.

Debora

 

They're out there:

https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/d...scottie-mechanical-clock-oswald/id-f_1417622/

Edit: Duh, you know that:

I've found many similar clocks online.

 

https://danhenrywatches.com/blogs/journal/oswald-clocks

 

I have had a couple of these over the years, they would fetch about the equivalent of $200 during what now seems to have been the clock boom of 20 years ago.
The book 'Price guide to collectable clocks' mentions them.
Yours is unusual, but not unique, although the two words seem to be becoming synonymous nowadays. The older you get, the more linguistic drift you observe.

 

It does appear to be signed by the carver, so that may enhance value significantly. It does with cameos, even if signature indecipherable or engraver unknown.

 

here are a few.
https://danhenrywatches.com/blogs/journal/oswald-clocks?lang=de

guy writes that they were made in wood around Freiburg (black forest), so most probably homework and Tolle or Folle will never be found. till the war in wood, lateron also in resin.