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ANTON ZWACH IN WIEN. A LARGE AND IMPOSING SECONDS BEATING VIENNESE WALL CLOCK WITH GRANDE SONNERIE STRIKING AND SILVERED ENGRAVED DIAL. CIRCA 1845.

A beautiful and imposing Viennese wall clock. The high quality mahogany case has a carved moustache top and ripple mouldings to the top and between the opening front top door and the lift out bottom door. The case is of six light construction with an unusually shaped bottom. It is more like a Laterndluhr than a dachluhr as it has the typical lift out trunk door but an opening hood door. The backboard, all of the doors and the top and sides of the case have boxwood stringing to their edges and the mahogany veneers are well figured and matched.

The silvered brass one piece dial is a particularly attractive feature of this clock. It has a beautifully engraved centre with a large seconds dial below 12 O’clock. It is contained within a gilded engine turned bezel.

The eight day grande sonnerie movement strikes the hours and the quarters on two gongs and is of high quality. It has finely made wheel and striking work, the wheels with four crossings The weight pulleys are unusually shaped and the steel rod pendulum has an exceptionally heavy bob and is suspended from the backboard.

Length: 61" (155 cms.)

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Anton Zwach is recorded as being in the guild of clockmakers between 1840 and 1861