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LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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An Austrian large carved gilt-wood quarter-striking and musical organ clock with calender and pull quarter repeat
Late 18th/early 19th Century
The case surmounted by carved figures of Bacchus bound to a tree and being released by a satyr, the plinth set upon anthemion moulded feet with carved volutes to the front angles and silk-backed fretted panels (one lacking) beneath anthemion mouldings and balustraded gallery with sphinx figures set upon the front angles, carved figures of a musician in the foreground playing the harp and two figures seated behind under arches flanking the case sides with silk-backed carved open work, laurel swags and anthemion moulding surround with cast brass bezel to the 10 in. diameter white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with concentric calendar and pierced and engraved gilt-brass hands, the twin barrels movement with later Brocot-type escapement, hour and quarter strike on two bells, pull quarter repeat, with cranked lever release to the substantial organ movement with two large chain and fusees wound from the side and playing via a 12 in. long wood pin barrel through 17 pipes; pendulum
49 in. (124.5 cm.) high
Late 18th/early 19th Century
The case surmounted by carved figures of Bacchus bound to a tree and being released by a satyr, the plinth set upon anthemion moulded feet with carved volutes to the front angles and silk-backed fretted panels (one lacking) beneath anthemion mouldings and balustraded gallery with sphinx figures set upon the front angles, carved figures of a musician in the foreground playing the harp and two figures seated behind under arches flanking the case sides with silk-backed carved open work, laurel swags and anthemion moulding surround with cast brass bezel to the 10 in. diameter white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with concentric calendar and pierced and engraved gilt-brass hands, the twin barrels movement with later Brocot-type escapement, hour and quarter strike on two bells, pull quarter repeat, with cranked lever release to the substantial organ movement with two large chain and fusees wound from the side and playing via a 12 in. long wood pin barrel through 17 pipes; pendulum
49 in. (124.5 cm.) high
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