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Carriage Clock “Carl Wurm in Wien”

Reiseuhr „Carl Wurm in Wien“

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Vienna, first half of the 19th century

signed
verso “Carl Wurm in Wien No. 826”
Clockmaker
Carl Wurm
Vienna, *1798, citizen 1824
Case
ebonized and polished fruit wood, fire-gilt bronze mounts (ormolu), fire-gilt (ormolu) handle with two entwined serpents
Dial
made of engine turned and fire-gilt bronze (ormolu),
enamel dial ring
Movement
verge escapement with fusee, ruby bearing, fine adjustment on the reverse side, Viennese grande sonnerie on wire gongs, turn-off for strike, repeater, alarm on wire gong
Height
7½ in