Lot Essay
A closely related Austrian mother-of-pearl mantel clock is in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.
CIRCA 1825
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AN AUSTRIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MOTHER-OF-PEARL GRANDE SONNERIE STRIKING MUSICAL MANTEL CLOCK
Circa 1825
The engine-turned brass dial with Roman chapter ring and blued steel minute and hour hands and steel alarm hand, the movement with chain fusee, balance wheel verge escapement and musical pin-barrel movement contained in the base and with trip repeat cord, the case with concave-molded top and a foliate handle above a pierced gallery with four urn finials on faceted pilasters on a spreading foot and stepped plinth, on turned feet
12in. (31.5cm.) high, 7in. (18.5cm.) wide
Circa 1825
The engine-turned brass dial with Roman chapter ring and blued steel minute and hour hands and steel alarm hand, the movement with chain fusee, balance wheel verge escapement and musical pin-barrel movement contained in the base and with trip repeat cord, the case with concave-molded top and a foliate handle above a pierced gallery with four urn finials on faceted pilasters on a spreading foot and stepped plinth, on turned feet
12in. (31.5cm.) high, 7in. (18.5cm.) wide