A LARGE GERMAN BRACKET CLOCK

Description:

South German, in the manner of Leopold Hoys/Bamberg, ca. 1780
75 x 45 x 21 cm
Magnificent, bronze and brass mounted and ebonized wooden display case with stepped gable and on curved volute feet. Fire-gilt, engraved front with appliques, silver-plated auxiliary dials, sham pendulum, cartouches with numerals, decorated iron hands. Verge movement with 1/4-hour strike on 2 bells, 1-day running time, repetition and thread suspension of the pendulum. Additions, damages due to age, movement not checked.
Mid-German private Collection.