DÖLLER, VIENNA, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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AN AUSTRIAN ORMOLU GRANDE SONNERIE TRAVEL CLOCK WITH ALARM
DÖLLER, VIENNA, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
CASE: in the form of a bird cage with a pair of doves, ring handle, the engine-turned case with repeat button to the upper right DIAL: white enamel chapter ring signed 'Döller in Wien', engine-turned centre and strike/silent lever by 1, blued steel main hands and polished steel alarm hand MOVEMENT: of short duration, single chain fusee for the time train and fixed barrels for strike and alarm trains, verge balance escapement with regulating disc to the side, striking the hours and quarters on two rear-mounted gongs and the alarm on small bell, the back plate stamped 'C.D' TRAVEL CASE: tooled red leather
9 in. (23 cm.) high, over handle; 4¾ in. (12 cm.) wide; 2¾ in. (7 cm.) deep
DÖLLER, VIENNA, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
CASE: in the form of a bird cage with a pair of doves, ring handle, the engine-turned case with repeat button to the upper right DIAL: white enamel chapter ring signed 'Döller in Wien', engine-turned centre and strike/silent lever by 1, blued steel main hands and polished steel alarm hand MOVEMENT: of short duration, single chain fusee for the time train and fixed barrels for strike and alarm trains, verge balance escapement with regulating disc to the side, striking the hours and quarters on two rear-mounted gongs and the alarm on small bell, the back plate stamped 'C.D' TRAVEL CASE: tooled red leather
9 in. (23 cm.) high, over handle; 4¾ in. (12 cm.) wide; 2¾ in. (7 cm.) deep
Literature
D. Roberts, Carriage and Other Travelling Clocks, Atglen, 1993, p. 258, fig. 16-18.
Special notice
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