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Anonymous
Clockmaker: AnonymousDate: ca 1850Height: ca 100 cmSignature: unsignedDuration: 8 days Walnut veneered case with top part and applications made from pressed wood, enamel dial, cast and gilded bezel, blued steel hands, dead beat escapement, steel rod pendulum
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Clockmaker: AnonymousDate: ca 1850Height: ca 150 cmSignature: unlegibleDuration: 1 month Burr walnut veneered case with half columns and Corinthian capitals, enamel dial with gold painted ornaments, cast and gilded bezel, blued steel hands, dead beat escapement, half hour strike on gongs, steel rod pendulum
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Clockmaker: Josef KlierDate: ca 1830Height: 150 cmSignature: Klier Josef / A TEMESVAR (dial)Duration: 1 month Mahogany veneered case with maple wood stringing, enamel dial, engine turned ormulu bezel, blued steel hands, seconds hand, dead beat escapement, Elicott compensation pendulum with steel and brass rods
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Clockmaker: Franz SchieszelDate: ca 1820Height: 110 cmSignature: FRANZ SCHIESZEL IN WIEN (dial)Duration: 8 days Mahogany veneered case with maple stringing, enamel dial, engine turned ormolu bezel, blued steel hands, deadbeat escapement, Viennese grand sonnerie striking on wire gongs, wooden pendulum
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Clockmaker: Franz SallerDate: ca 1840Height: 30 cmSignature: F. Saller in Wien (dial and barrel bridge)Duration: 8 days Rosewood veneered case, carved elements, enamel chapter ring and skeletized center, spring operated, duplex escapement with double rest teeth Cf. Lit.: Csörge Csaba, Otthonok Kincsei. Treasures from Home, Válogatás budapesti magángyűjteményekből, 12-20. század: 2013. december 18 – 2014.…
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Clockmaker: Wenzel BalkeDate: ca 1840Signature: WENZEL BALKE IN PRAG (dial)Height: 206 cmDuration: 190 days Cherry wood veneered case with ripple molding and capitals, enamel dial with open middle section and enameled seconds ring, elaborately realized blued steel hands, engine turned bezel, inner ring and seconds ring, round skeleton movement (round plates), pedestal mounted movement, ebonized…
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