A BAROQUE BRACKET CLOCK WITH SELF ACTIVATING MUSICAL MOVEMENT

Description:

Kaisheim, Bavaria, circa 1770
H. 67 cm
Signed Fr Bern(ardus) Genzpacher K. Kaisheim on the dial. The shaped cherrywood display case on a chest-shaped base on flared feet and gable finial. Brass front with appliqués, moon phase depiction, date, silver-plated dial with Roman numerals, Arabic minutes, mock pendulum and decorated hands. Verge escapement with 1/4 hour striking on two bells and large, self-winding musical movement in the base. No guarantee of functionality, rest, added, age damages.
The Sapper Collection, Stuttgart
Lit. Werner Schiedermeir, Auszug aus 850 Jahre Leitheim, Marktgemeinde Kaisheim, 1997, p. 126.
Several clocks with musical mechanisms are known to have been made by Brother Bernardus Genzpacher (1723-1794).