Lanshire Electric Rock Clock in a Freeform Banded Red and Cream Sandstone Slab with Starburst Dial
A Lanshire electric rock clock: a small round clock set into an upright freeform slab of banded sandstone, red to rose layered with cream. The clock has a domed crystal, brass-tone bezel, cream dial with a gold filigree starburst center, black curly script numerals and black spade hands. On the steel back cover, the stamp reads CLOCK MOVEMENT BY LANSHIRE, FOR A.C. ONLY, 105-125V. 60HZ. 2W. with a CSA logo. Lanshire Clock and Instrument Corporation of Chicago supplied movements for many mid-century decorative and craft clocks; the stone case was cut by an unknown maker and each slab differs.
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Lanshire movements in stone clocks
Lanshire Clock and Instrument Corporation was a Chicago clock company, founded around 1944 by Joseph Landgraf according to a collector history (the date is not confirmed by primary records). Besides finished clocks, it sold movements and parts used in craft and decorative clocks, which is why its motors turn up in resin, rock and stone clocks. The stone slab on this clock was cut and fitted by an unknown maker.
Freeform sandstone slab with a small round electric clock
This Lanshire electric rock clock is a small round electric clock set into an upright, freeform slab of banded sandstone. The stone is red, a brick red to rose, swirled and layered with cream, a pale sandy tan, in the wavy cross-bedded bands sold as wonderstone or picture stone (the exact stone type is not confirmed). Its two faces are flat and sawn; its edges are rough and natural. Because every slab was cut by hand, the outline and banding differ from piece to piece.
The clock sits low and to the right on the front face. A round bezel of brass-tone metal, gold that has gone dull and dark, holds a domed clear crystal. Its dial is cream, an aged ivory, with a gold filigree medallion in the center shaped like an eight-pointed starburst or flower, ringed by a gold dotted chapter ring. Black Arabic numbers 1 through 12 mark the hours in a curly handwritten-style script, with a looped 2 and 3. Black hour and minute hands end in spade-shaped tips, and a thin gold sweep second hand runs from the center. No maker name is printed on this dial.
Back: the movement sits in a round hole cut through the stone and is closed by a round cover plate of gray steel, a dark gunmetal gray, held by two slotted screws at left and right. A yellow plastic time-set knob pokes through near the upper left. Stamped across the plate in plain block capitals is CLOCK MOVEMENT BY LANSHIRE, with LANSHIRE largest, then FOR A.C. ONLY and the rating 105-125V. 60HZ. 2W. To the right of the text is a small circle containing the letters SA with a C wrapped around them, the CSA (Canadian Standards Association) logo. A two-wire cream zip cord leaves the plate at lower left and ends in a ribbed cream plastic plug with two equal, unpolarized folded-metal prongs.
On this copy: the slab stands roughly a foot tall by eye (not measured), with a wavy top edge and a deep step cut into the upper left side. The dial has dark flaking spots near the 8, the 5 and the center, the gold filigree is dulled, the bezel is tarnished and the crystal is dusty. Small edge chips, scratches and pale scuffed areas on the back mark the stone. Light rust spots dot the steel cover, the plug prongs are darkened and the cord is yellowed. Whether the clock runs is not shown.
- Type: Electric mantel or shelf clock in a freeform stone slab (rock clock)
- Case: Upright slab of banded sandstone, sawn faces, rough natural edges
- Stone colors: Red, a brick red to rose, banded with cream, a pale sandy tan
- Dial: Cream, an aged ivory, with a gold filigree starburst center and gold dotted chapter ring
- Numerals: Black curly script Arabic numbers 1 to 12
- Hands: Black spade-tipped hour and minute hands, thin gold sweep second hand
- Bezel: Round brass-tone metal over a domed crystal
- Movement: Lanshire electric motor, 105-125V, 60Hz, 2W, A.C. only
- Marks: CLOCK MOVEMENT BY LANSHIRE stamped on the back cover plate, circled SA (CSA) logo to the right
- Power: Cream zip cord, ribbed cream plug with unpolarized prongs
- This copy: Roughly a foot tall by eye, wavy top with a stepped upper left; flaking dial spots, tarnished bezel, stone edge chips, light rust on the cover
Back cover plate: CLOCK MOVEMENT BY LANSHIRE FOR A.C. ONLY 105-125V. 60HZ. 2W. Logo to the right: SA (inside a C, CSA mark)
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About the Lanshire Sandstone Slab Electric Clock
How do I identify who made my rock or stone clock?
Look at the metal cover on the back of the clock motor. This one is stamped CLOCK MOVEMENT BY LANSHIRE, which names the movement maker. The stone case itself has no mark, and slab clocks like this were cut by many small shops.
What does the SA in a circle on the back of my clock mean?
It is the logo of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA), a safety certification for electrical products. It shows the motor was approved for sale in Canada as well as the US.
Who was Lanshire?
Lanshire Clock and Instrument Corporation of Chicago, Illinois, which a collector history says was founded around 1944. It sold finished clocks and also movements for craft and novelty clocks.
Is my Lanshire stone clock valuable?
We have not found a matching sale for this exact clock, so we do not give a value. Condition, a working motor and an attractive stone slab are what buyers look at.