Grandfather clock
Clockmaker: Michael Kaltenbrunner (1799 Josephsdorf am Kahlenberg – after 1864)
Date: Vienna, ca. 1835
Measurements: H 197,5 cm
Signature: MICHAEL KALTENBRUNNER IN WIEN
Description: duration 285 days
Mahogany veneered case with maple stringing, opening to let the weight passing down to the bottom of the case, enamel dial, engine turned and ormolu bezel, blued steel hands, adjustable Graham escapement, maintaining power, knife edge suspension, compensation seconds pendulum with nine rods.
Cf.: Longcase clock “Binder in Wien” 1820-1830, in: Erika Hellich, Alt-Wiener Uhren. Die Sammlung Sobek im Geymüller-Schlössl 1750-1900, hg. Von Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, München / Wien 1978, S. 89, Inv. Nr. 1481.
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