Lot Essay
For related designs see: Tardy, French Clocks, Clocks The World Over, Vol IV, Paris, 1981, pp.265-266
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JOHAN LINDER, CIRCA 1761. IN A 19TH CENTURY GLAZED CASE ON SCROLLING WALNUT BRACKET
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A GERMAN SILVERED AND REPOUSSE BRASS AND IRON STRIKING TELLER UHR
JOHAN LINDER, CIRCA 1761. IN A 19TH CENTURY GLAZED CASE ON SCROLLING WALNUT BRACKET
The dial with foliage and a cherub playing the drums to the top, the Roman and Arabic chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers, later brass hands, the painted sheet metal rear inscribed Johan Linder, Uhr-macher In Rafen..ug/1761, twin barrel movement with rectangular plates joined by four ring-turned pillars, verge escapement, trip repeat, front swinging pendulum, strike on later gong, in a carved stained wood case on wall bracket
55 cm. high (clock), the case 105 cm. high x 51 cm wide x 21 cm. deep (overall)
JOHAN LINDER, CIRCA 1761. IN A 19TH CENTURY GLAZED CASE ON SCROLLING WALNUT BRACKET
The dial with foliage and a cherub playing the drums to the top, the Roman and Arabic chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers, later brass hands, the painted sheet metal rear inscribed Johan Linder, Uhr-macher In Rafen..ug/1761, twin barrel movement with rectangular plates joined by four ring-turned pillars, verge escapement, trip repeat, front swinging pendulum, strike on later gong, in a carved stained wood case on wall bracket
55 cm. high (clock), the case 105 cm. high x 51 cm wide x 21 cm. deep (overall)
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