VR-382 - Transitional period 3 weight Austrian Vienna Regulator
This honey-brown Transitional Vienna Regulator is in wonderful, totally original condition, and its complete, right down to the very finely-executed finials. Made of walnut, which has aged to a subdued, warm honey-brown color, the case bespeaks a better than average cabinet-maker. With its unusual and rather imposing door columns, complete with fluted sections to the top and bottom, and turned columns to either side of the door, this piece has a feel that is just that bit different from the typical and more common Altdeutsche pieces. Note, as is typical for an Austrian case, the columns are complete, stand-alone round sections which are only attached at the ends, not along the length of the column.
The finish, which could be waxed or not, is in excellent, original condition. This is one of those pieces which tempt you to touch the finish - it is so silky-smooth. A piece like this really showcases the quality inherent in an Austrian Vienna Regulator. I especially like the very delicate top finials, with their pointed spires and thin turned sections.
As one always hopes, all of the glass is original and wavy, the wall stabilizers very nice, with large knobs, and the stepped mounting brackets one finds on the nicer clocks. And, given the very nice condition (under the tarnish) of the pendulum bob and weights, the perfect beat scale, unusual and quite nice pulleys, and wooden-handled winding key - this clock will require very little to be a stunning example of the Transitional period.
The mechanism is up to the standard of a Viennese granne-sonnerie, with its very fine pivots and very precisely cut gears. While the clock runs, it could use a good cleaning.
The dial, with grommets to the winding holes, has several, virtually invisible hair-line cracks: From 6 inches it looks absolutely perfect. The hands are delicate works of art, the chapter ring fairly narrow (a sign of an earlier, higher-quality piece) - everything about the clock bespeaks quality and reflects the attention of its previous owners to its care and preservation.
If you do not have an example of the Transitional period, this piece offers you an excellent opportunity!
Read MoreThe finish, which could be waxed or not, is in excellent, original condition. This is one of those pieces which tempt you to touch the finish - it is so silky-smooth. A piece like this really showcases the quality inherent in an Austrian Vienna Regulator. I especially like the very delicate top finials, with their pointed spires and thin turned sections.
As one always hopes, all of the glass is original and wavy, the wall stabilizers very nice, with large knobs, and the stepped mounting brackets one finds on the nicer clocks. And, given the very nice condition (under the tarnish) of the pendulum bob and weights, the perfect beat scale, unusual and quite nice pulleys, and wooden-handled winding key - this clock will require very little to be a stunning example of the Transitional period.
The mechanism is up to the standard of a Viennese granne-sonnerie, with its very fine pivots and very precisely cut gears. While the clock runs, it could use a good cleaning.
The dial, with grommets to the winding holes, has several, virtually invisible hair-line cracks: From 6 inches it looks absolutely perfect. The hands are delicate works of art, the chapter ring fairly narrow (a sign of an earlier, higher-quality piece) - everything about the clock bespeaks quality and reflects the attention of its previous owners to its care and preservation.
If you do not have an example of the Transitional period, this piece offers you an excellent opportunity!
