Lilly's Art

Miniature Bracket Clock

Miniatur-Barockuhr

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Vienna, middle of the 18th century

Case
ebonized and polished fruit wood, fire-gilt bronze mounts (ormolu) engraved christogram "IHS" in the lunette mock pendulum in the shape of the moon's disc
Dial
silver-plated dial ring, silvered alarm disc
Movement
verge escapement, richly engraved plate, hour strike on one bell and quarter strike (double strike on two bells) on demand alarm on bell
Height
11½ in