Mantel and Table Clocks

Skeleton mantel quarter striking clock with repeater and Archangel Michael figure

    Skeleton mantel quarter striking clock with repeater and Archangel Michael figure

    Germany

    1875-1900

    Bronze, silver, marble, iron; silvering, casting, chasing, engraving

    Height: 87 cm

    Mark on the bell: "-S-MAR/CVS/MATHE/JOHANNE"

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    14-cm engraved silvered dial with Arabic numerals and foliate pierced hands, movement with cylinder escapement and trip repeating rack quarter striking on two bells, 11-cm cylinder playing one of two melodies with 16 hammers on 8 bells, under a patinated bronze Gothic style canopy adorned with foliate scrolls and finials surmounted by St. George, supported by four columns on a moulded black marble base with canted corners

    The clock case is crowned with the stylized figure of Archangel Michael standing on a dragon and holding a shield and a sword.

    Clock's mechanism with two spring motors, quarter chime on two bells and cylinder musical movement with a comb with sixteen teeth, playing two tunes repeatedly every hour. Key is in the set.

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