DESCRIPTION:
R. Schnekenburger, Germany, to the design of Wilhelm Kohler, a rare hanging, striking 400 day clock with torsion pendulum and pivoted detent escapement, the walnut veneered Alt Deutsch style case with incurved bottom bracket and turned drops, the glazed door with reeded columns having vasiform tops and bases, and top with projecting cornice molding, two piece, roman numeral white enamel dial, and fancy pierced steel hands, two train brass movement with pivoted detent escapement and count wheel striking, and heavy spherical pendulum, the backboard with white enamel, beat scale shaped plaque marked "Jahresuhr Patent Kohler aus der Uhrenfabrik von R. Schneckenburger Muhlheim a/D", serial #1084
CONDITION:
crest missing, central drop missing, door with split and worm holes, backboard with half dollar sized spot of blistered and discolored veneer, dial good, bezel with dents, hands now painted black, movement polished, ticks and strikes, pendulum bob with minor staining. A very rare model, with few survivors in their original cases.
ESTIMATE:
$1500
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$2000
PRICE SOLD:
$5500
CIRCA: 1895
DIMENSIONS: 28.5in x 14.75in x 8in
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