| Beschreibung |
Portico clock with musical mechanism and so- called Viennese chime, Habsburger Monarchy
around 1840, elaborate wood housing, sec. black painted partially gilt, architectural
composition, clock work flanked by 2 Atlases as Exotics, crown with swinging eagle,
oscillation range of the pendulum with small watercolor, glass lid, enamel dial sign.:
Carl Loeffler in Friedland (Frydlant, Nord- Bohemia), (see ref.: Abeler, p.351),
extraordinary hands, winding holes removed, round brass plate movement with Viennese
chime on 2 spiral gongs, positions removed, back cover missing, in pedestal with
eingebautem größerem musical mechanism marked.: Rzebitschek, Prague, 2 lovely Melodies,
trigger per rope winding, H. approx. 70cm, condition of movement/housing 2 -3, museum |
