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Keydel Electric Chiming Tree Topper (Angel Chimes)
- Year
- c. 1922–1927 Approximate
- Sold at
- Sears, Roebuck and Co. Approximate
- Manufacturer
- Keydel Approximate
About this item
Electric tree topper that screwed into a light-string socket. A small motor turned the top so hammers struck three tuned bells. Keydel made it from about 1922, and a later Propp-branded version followed. The 1927 Sears winter catalog showed both.
Details
- Holiday
- Christmas
- Archive type
- Decoration
- Materials
- brass and wood connector, motor, bells, lacquered metal
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- Old Christmas Tree Lights: Lighted Novelties and Figures Collector Reference Supports: ca 1948 NOMA hard plastic lighted angel with wand, first offered early 1940s; tree topper or stand-alone; molded hair variants Reference only: cited, never auto-verified. View source