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4191 - Two-column portico clocks
Style:
19. century
Empire
Empire period
Period:
1810-1819
Source:
Austria
Vienna
Height:
60 cm / 23.62″
Width:
36 cm / 14.17″
Depth:
13 cm / 5.12″
Price:
1 563 EUR
1 840 USD
Spring-wound - wound with a key, run for 3-5 days.
Quarter beating - 1/4 - beats every 15 minutes.
Chiseled pendulum, dial and wreath - brass.
Alabaster columns.
Ornaments - brass and polychrome - gilded with gold leaf.
The frame in the middle of the upper part (above the dial) is a miniature diorama / scene: This is a small decorative showcase, where small three-dimensional decorations (flowers, leaves, bushes) are placed, often made of a piece of shell, wax, silk or colored paper. This element serves as a distraction and is a typical decorative element of the Empire, which emphasized domestic and emotional values. As well as gold figures of angels and the sun or Corinthian capitals - decorative column capitals.
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