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AN AUSTRIAN NEOCLASSIC ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONIZED QUARTER-STRIKING TABLE CLOCK
CIRCA 1815, VIENNESE
With white enamel arabic dial signed Anton Rettich in Wien with concentric calendar ring with counter poised blued pointer, pierced ormolu arrow-head hands, the glazed triple chain fusee movement with anchor escapement and silk-suspended sunburst pendulum, quarter-strike on two bells, with similarly signed backplate, surmounted by ormolu ribbon-tied rose garlands on ormolu tensed animal legs flanked by flower-filled urns on an ebonized fruitwood plinth applied with griffins issuing Vitruvian scrolls, with an applied cartouche centering monogram AP, on an ebonized plinth above toupie feet-19½in. (49.5cm.) high, 12in. (31cm.) wide, 5½.in. (14cm.) deep
Anton Rettich, maître in Vienna, 1800
CIRCA 1815, VIENNESE
With white enamel arabic dial signed Anton Rettich in Wien with concentric calendar ring with counter poised blued pointer, pierced ormolu arrow-head hands, the glazed triple chain fusee movement with anchor escapement and silk-suspended sunburst pendulum, quarter-strike on two bells, with similarly signed backplate, surmounted by ormolu ribbon-tied rose garlands on ormolu tensed animal legs flanked by flower-filled urns on an ebonized fruitwood plinth applied with griffins issuing Vitruvian scrolls, with an applied cartouche centering monogram AP, on an ebonized plinth above toupie feet-19½in. (49.5cm.) high, 12in. (31cm.) wide, 5½.in. (14cm.) deep
Anton Rettich, maître in Vienna, 1800