J. Salfer, Wien, large walnut wall clock, the case with turned and carved architectural elements, and with applied brass ornament, bottom with carved bracket, door with applied spandrels, each with a banner inscribed with a short phrase in German, top
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24 October 2024
case dirty, and with fading, scuffs, and scratches, top right molding with loss at back, right balustrade molding with a similar loss, left balustrade molding replaced, top finials replaced, brass ornament with tarnish, lower right finial with loss, dial with restored gilding, movement ticks and strikes, day and date and moon advance correctly, month and year are advanced manually, needs some restoration, 41" h x 24" w
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Salfer, J
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2500.00
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R. O. Schmitt Fine Arts
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J. Salfer, Wien, large walnut wall clock, the case with turned and carved architectural elements, and with applied brass ornament, bottom with carved bracket, door with applied spandrels, each with a banner inscribed with a short phrase in German, top with balustrade and brass finials, matted brass dial with applied female figures flanking the silvered dial with Roman numeral chapter, and calendar display apertures at 12:00, 5:00 and 7:00, fancy blued steel hands, massive, long running movement with day/ date/ month calendar, and with phases of the moon, with provision for starting the pendulum without opening the case, the main "I" shaped plate with auxiliary strike movement attached at upper left, c1870 case dirty, and with fading, scuffs, and scratches, top right molding with loss at back, right balustrade molding with a similar loss, left balustrade molding replaced, top finials replaced, brass ornament with tarnish, lower right finial with loss, dial with restored gilding, movement ticks and strikes, day and date and moon advance correctly, month and year are advanced manually, needs some restoration, 41" h x 24" w
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