C.1860, Austrian, 3-Weight Grand Sonnerie wall clock in a black serpentine case, 8-day full quarter striking.
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3 September 2025
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Condition: this clock has had a very hard life. The case originally had a slide mount, and those holes are plugged; now with a 4-post mount, adapted to rod strike. The door has been sprayed gloss black, inside sprayed flat black, and the finials brushed with gold; no top piece. Pendulum stick is new; engraved bob from another clock; weights do not match; old pulleys do match; side glass both cracked. Does have an old crank and beat scale. Ht 41" [104cm]
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R. O. Schmitt Fine Arts
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C.1860, Austrian, 3-Weight Grand Sonnerie wall clock in a black serpentine case, 8-day full quarter striking. Condition: this clock has had a very hard life. The case originally had a slide mount, and those holes are plugged; now with a 4-post mount, adapted to rod strike. The door has been sprayed gloss black, inside sprayed flat black, and the finials brushed with gold; no top piece. Pendulum stick is new; engraved bob from another clock; weights do not match; old pulleys do match; side glass both cracked. Does have an old crank and beat scale. Ht 41" [104cm]
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