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Geneva, Oct 01, 2020

LOT 157

Unsigned
8-day going long-case Biedermeier “Laterndluhr” regulator; rosewood and boxwood

CHF 2,000 - 2,400

EUR 1,850 - 2,300 / USD 2,200 - 2,700 / HKD 16,900 - 20,300

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 1,875

Rosewood and boxwood, vertical architectural-shaped, long-case Biedermeier “Laterndluhr” regulator, with wood rod pendulum (brass-clad weight and wood crank winding-key missing).


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Grading System
Case: 4-14

Fair

Damaged
Movement: 4-29**

Fair

Lacking elements

Repair required, at buyer's expense
Dial: 4-71-01

Fair

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairlines

HANDS Original

Brand Unsigned, probably Vienna (Austria)

Year circa 1830-1850

Movement No. unnumbered

Case No. unnumbered

Caliber rectangular, anchor escapement, wood rod pendulum with brass bob

Height 126 cm.

Width 32 cm.

Thickness 15 cm.

Notes

weight and crank winding-key missing.

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Biedermeier

The Biedermeier period spanned the years 1815 to 1848. It was a term originally used to describe a specific style of furniture that was popular in early-19th century Vienna (Austria). In ‘Schubert’s Vienna’, Waltraud Heindl writes “Biedermeier furniture was characterized by simple, graceful, curving lines as opposed to, on the one hand, the straight-line neoclassicism and antique motifs of Empire furniture and, on the other, the baroque or gothic elements found in the historicist style.” In time, Biedermeier developed into a term that evoked art and architecture, and eventually became a social phenomenon centred on the family and private life.

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