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Lot 1173W
A fine Viennese walnut chiming longcase clock Signed Iac. Mæÿer in Wienn, second quarter 18th century
26 October 2015, 10:00 EDT
New YorkUS$7,000 - US$9,000
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A fine Viennese walnut chiming longcase clock
Signed Iac. Mæÿer in Wienn, second quarter 18th century
The hood formerly with caddy top and columns flanking the arched door, above a long door with glazed lenticel all supported by a plinth raised on bun feet, the 12 ¼ inch arched brass dial with scroll spandrels incorporating medallions depicting the Four Seasons, silvered roman and arabic chapter ring with fleur-de-lis half hour marks, enclosing seconds ring and date aperture in the matted center, pierced blued hands, the arch engraved with scrolls and strapwork and with aperture for age and aspect of the moon, subsidiary silvered rings for day of the week, schlagt / schlagt nichts and calibrated ring to adjust the moon phase, the three train weight driven movement with substantial rectangular plates joined by five knopped and ringed pillars, anchor escapement, striking the hours on a bell mounted above the plate by means of a count wheel planted on the front plate, chiming on a nest of nine bells by nine hammers and shifting pinned barrel set between the plates, three cast iron weights, iron rod pendulum
height 92.5in (234cm)
The hood formerly with caddy top and columns flanking the arched door, above a long door with glazed lenticel all supported by a plinth raised on bun feet, the 12 ¼ inch arched brass dial with scroll spandrels incorporating medallions depicting the Four Seasons, silvered roman and arabic chapter ring with fleur-de-lis half hour marks, enclosing seconds ring and date aperture in the matted center, pierced blued hands, the arch engraved with scrolls and strapwork and with aperture for age and aspect of the moon, subsidiary silvered rings for day of the week, schlagt / schlagt nichts and calibrated ring to adjust the moon phase, the three train weight driven movement with substantial rectangular plates joined by five knopped and ringed pillars, anchor escapement, striking the hours on a bell mounted above the plate by means of a count wheel planted on the front plate, chiming on a nest of nine bells by nine hammers and shifting pinned barrel set between the plates, three cast iron weights, iron rod pendulum
height 92.5in (234cm)
Footnotes
Literature:
Kaltenböck, Frederick. Viennese Timepieces. (1993) Tall clocks with similar complications, signed, Mayer [or Meier] Wienn are illustrated in Figs. 489, 495 and496