Josephinische Wiener Kamin- oder Kommodenuhr Lot n° 1187

Height: 60 cm. Width: 48 cm. Depth: 16 cm. Vienna around 1800. Classicist-style case, with carved standing figure of an antique priestess with torch and diadem on a mahogany base, next to a clock case on trestle legs, with a lyre and books on top, next to a velum over a vase. Painting, gilding and bronze appliqués. Domed glass cover of the dial with Arabic hours and 31-day indication with separate hand. Pendulum on thread suspension, pendulum eye in the shape of a gilded eagle of Zeus. Pendulum chamber backed by a lyre. Quarter, half, three-quarter and hour strike on two gongs. Repetition striking mechanism with thread-wound train Movement with striking function running. With key. (1401344) (11)