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DORFER IN WIEN. A QUITE EXCEPTIONAL
MAHOGANY CASED YEAR DURATION FLOOR STANDING LATERNDLUHR WITH A
SKELETONISED DIAL. CIRCA 1840.
An exceptionally rare mahogany floor standing Laterndluhr. The case takes the form of a typical Laterndluhr wall clock standing on a solid mahogany base. This in itself is quite unusual as many of the Viennese clocks had a longer trunk which then went straight into the solid base.
The hood of the clock, which slides off, has a deep ormolu bezel and a domed glass opening door. The pedimented top is strung with boxwood, as is the bottom of the hood where it goes into the slimmer trunk. The trunk has a typical round topped lift out door, again with boxwood stringing to the sides and the edges, and there are glass panels in the side.
The glazed bottom box of the clock has a lift out front door and glazed panels to the side, again all strung in the usual fashion. The clock then goes out via an angular boxwood strung moulding into the main plinth which finishes in a secondary plinth. The quality of the veneers throughout is very fine with wonderfully chosen flames for the base, all the mouldings and the backboard.
The year duration movement has all of the wheel work mounted on bridges and cocks on the backplate and all the bridges and cocks are nicely fretted out. This style is reminiscent of some of the earlier makers and means that the whole movement is contained within a brass enclosed canister. The clock has a massive true gridiron pendulum and a large brass weight which runs down behind the pendulum.
