VR-356 - Second Baroque Austrian 3 weight Vienna Regulator with engraved components, by Friedrich Weis, Wien
Claterbos indicates that Friedrich, in 1872, had his shop at Landstrasse Kollergasse 4 in 1872, and won the silver medal ... Kelly - please look at page 322 of Claterbos and figure out what he won...
I find it interesting to look at the Viennese pieces of the late 1800's - during a time when the Germans and Americans were competing to make clocks affordable for the masses, the Austrians continued to produce excellent mechanism, more appropriate for the middle of the 1800's, with the same high quality one expects to find in a late Biedermeier piece. This clock, with its single-piece, Graham dead-beat escapement, very finely made, very ornate hands, and exquisite engraving to the dial chapter ring (yes, engraving, which is then filled with wax or black shellac) is more appropriate for forty or fifty years earlier, when price was not the predominant quality by which a clock was judged.
If you are looking for a Second Baroque piece, you probably won’t find a nicer one. Note the engraved dial center, weights and bob - all matching and all in good to excellent condition. And the case, with its beautifully executed carving to the corners of the door, the top and the tail, and the matching carving to the inset panel in the backboard, the tail and the headpiece, is in near perfect condition, right down to the door look with the double-latch and really neat original key.
If I collected Second Baroque pieces, this one would not be offered for sale.
Read MoreI find it interesting to look at the Viennese pieces of the late 1800's - during a time when the Germans and Americans were competing to make clocks affordable for the masses, the Austrians continued to produce excellent mechanism, more appropriate for the middle of the 1800's, with the same high quality one expects to find in a late Biedermeier piece. This clock, with its single-piece, Graham dead-beat escapement, very finely made, very ornate hands, and exquisite engraving to the dial chapter ring (yes, engraving, which is then filled with wax or black shellac) is more appropriate for forty or fifty years earlier, when price was not the predominant quality by which a clock was judged.
If you are looking for a Second Baroque piece, you probably won’t find a nicer one. Note the engraved dial center, weights and bob - all matching and all in good to excellent condition. And the case, with its beautifully executed carving to the corners of the door, the top and the tail, and the matching carving to the inset panel in the backboard, the tail and the headpiece, is in near perfect condition, right down to the door look with the double-latch and really neat original key.
If I collected Second Baroque pieces, this one would not be offered for sale.
