The top box usually contains the working mechanisms and it typically had a roof.
Vienna laterndluhr regulator wall clock.
Serpentine transitional 1850 1875.
Considered among the finest clocks ever produced the vienna regulator is the most prized of all wall clocks circa 1840 measures.
It is a pleasure to offer a very fine true vienna regulator wall clock made by the master clockmaker peter peuker who worked from 1844 58 at mariahilferstrasse 47 vienna.
The style of vienna regulator started to transition towards the heavily decorated architecture of this period.
15 wide x 7 deep x 53 high.
Has a brass single weight driven movement with deadbeat escapement brass weight brass pulley and long pendulum with brass covered bob and ebonized wood stick.
The 101 vienna regulator clocks illustrated and described in this book cover a unique era of clock making which spanned the years from about 1790 to 1910.
The formal development of the laterndlclock goes back to the english longcase clocks of the 18th century from which the laterndlclock has its triangular pediment.
There were two main early types.
Those built between vienna austria before the 1760 and 1835 are called laterndluhr clocks.
A vienna regulator makes a wonderful addition to your home.
True vienna regulators are weight driven clocks although there are some spring driven clocks generally referred to as vienna regulators.
Inset porcelain dial has black roman hour numerals pierced trefoil blued hands and brass bezel.
Miniature wall hanging vienna regulator.
This clock can be dated circa 1850.
The laterndlclock is a regulator which is attached to a wall and should therefore be free from any vibration so as to achieve accuracy.
For purposes of this book the vienna regulator era has been divided into the three periods of early middle and late.
When you look at these clocks they look like three boxes stacked on top of each other.
The laterndluhr or lantern clock has a large top and bottom case with a slimmer middle section.
These clocks departed from the straight lines of the biedermeier by adding grace and style with their flowing serpentine lines.
Antique vienna wall clocks fine biedermeier vienna regulator wall clock.
The dachluhr or roof top clock typically has an architectural top and a single section case.