Empire clock

Clockmaker: Franz Mayer
Date: Vienna ca. 1806
Measurements: H 49 cm
Signature: FRANZ MAYER IN WIEN

Description: duration ca. 36 hours. Venus and Cupid sitting in a sailing boat. Bronze, ormolu and patinated. Enamel dial with date indication. Engine turned ormolu centre with blued hands. Viennese grand sonnerie on gongs.
Literature: Frederick Kaltenböck, Die Wiener Uhr. Wien – Ein Zentrum der Uhrmacherei im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert, München: Callwey 1988, S. 154, Abb. 314