"Vienna Portal Clock With Integrated Musical Mechanism Around 1825 Signed With A. Olbrich In Vienna"
Gate clockVienna circa 1825 with integrated musical mechanism
signed on the board of the musical mechanism:
“A. Olbrich in Vienna”
and engraved number: 215719157.
Alabaster columns, blackened wood, gilded sculpture in the shape of birds and a lion raised at the end.
Figurative bronze representing a shepherd leaning on his walking stick and a sheep in a flowery meadow behind a semi-circular window.
Mother-of-pearl rosettes. Carved and gilded capitals and bases.
Guilloché dial with enamel crown, Arabic numerals, sun pendulum with wire suspension, 1/4 hour beat, hour, additional beat,
(2 tones on 2 timbres), the musical mechanism starts automatically on time.
Eight-day work.
Height: 70 cm | Width: 38 cm | Depth: 14 cm
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