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JOSEPH JESSNER IN WIEN. A LARGE AND IMPOSING MONTH DURATION GRANDE SONNERIE FLOOR STANDING LATERNDLUHR IN A FINE MAHOGANY CASE. CIRCA 1860.

A superb and rare floor standing grande sonnerie Laterndluhr.

The case with an ogee moulded pedimented roof has additional quality mouldings to the centre of the front pediment. It has a three light slide off hood with boxwood stringing to both sides of the front door and to the side window apertures. It reduces down to the central section via nicely shaped side mouldings and again the front lift out door is strung with maplewood as are the side glasses. The case proceeds down to the pendulum box via another nicely shaped and figured moulding and has a lift out boxwood strung front door and boxwood strung side windows. A further ogee moulding takes you down to the base which has fine flame moulded mahogany and a single plinth. The backboard is also well figured, as are all of the doors of the clock.

The 11½" silvered brass dial has a seconds ring below 12 o’clock and is signed for the maker ‘Joseph Jessner in Wien.’ It has nicely shaped blued steel hands and is surrounded by a fire gilded cast brass bezel.

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The month duration grande sonnerie movement is of unusual and exceptional quality. It has the usual deadbeat escapement and maintaining power. It has massive plates with large well shaped pillars screwed front and rear. It has two large steel gongs mounted on the backplate and the whole movement is seatboard mounted into the case. The pendulum is a mock gridiron of nine rod construction with a large riveted and lead filled brass bob. There is beat adjustment on the crutch of the pendulum. The three large brass cased weights hang from plated pulleys. Interestingly the base of the case is sealed off with a board and, therefore, the weights only run down to the bottom of the glazed part of the case, were they to run down into the bottom part it would give the clock almost two months duration.

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The style of this clock, and in particular the thickness of the plates and its construction, point to a slightly later date than would be normal with a floor standing Laterndluhr.

Height: 79" (201 cms.)

Price band: F

The maker Joseph Jessner had a son Joseph Junior and, although he was working until about 1863, it is possible that this clock is by his son. A Laterndluhr from about 1850 by him is in the Viennese Urhrenmuseum.

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