Bidspirit auction | Biedermeier portal clock, circa 184
Biedermeier portal clock, circa 184 - Biedermeier portal clock, circa 1840, probably Austria, ebonized wooden base and crown, alabaster columns tapering upward with gilded bases and capitals, in the crown a painting of a boat in front of a city, above it gilded floral bronze appliqués, flat glass in a gilded glass rim, white enamel dial ring with black Arabic , gilded guilloché in the center, guilloché bezel, blued Breguet hands, in the base the music cylinder mechanism which is triggered via a string, French round movement with string suspension, 4/4 strike and hour strike on tone springs in the gong chair, repeater on the string to the right of the dial, movement runs, 67 x 38 x 17 cm