DESCRIPTION:
Austria, 2-day three train grand sonnerie striking shelf clock with Viennese full quarter striking, ebonized wooden case with alabaster columns, giltwood capitals and bases, the top with paint decorated baluster form pillars and reverse painted scene with a country house and monument in a landscape, engine turned bezel and dial surround, Roman numeral white enamel dial, blued steel Breguet style hands, pierced brass silk thread suspended pendulum, c1835
CONDITION:
Case with minor veneer lifting and checking, gilt ornament with wear, painted scene mostly flaked away, cylindrical clock case with dry splits at top, bezel and dial surround dirty and with minor spotting, dial with cracks and chips, hands good, movement dirty, ticks and strikes, needs service, replacement pendulum in the correct style, Ht 22"
ESTIMATE:
$100
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$200
PRICE SOLD:
$140
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