MUSICAL BRACKET CLOCK

Clockmaker: Mathias Köttl
Date: Vienna around 1750
Dimensions: H 51 cm
Inscription: “Math: Kötl In Wienn”
Duration: 8 days

Description: Ebonized fruitwood case with brass fittings, ornamented and engraved brass front plate with four silvered and engraved medallions, silvered chapter ring and subsidiary dials, cutout for mock pendulum and date indication, indications for moon age (with date and rotating moon phase), three fusee movement with verge escapement, musical quarter hour strike on 6 bells, hour strike on single bell, separate settings for silence as well as damping for quarter hour strike and hour strike, repetition