RACK CLOCK Johan Georg Golhibruger in Malburg Ca.1780 Germany

M&R260

RACK CLOCK
Signed: Johan Georg Golhibruger in Malburg
Dated: circa 1780
Germany

Movement:
Movement with wooden wheels, verge escapement and pendulum. The movement is driven by its own weight as it falls slowly down the wooden toothed rack. It is wounded by simply raising it.

Dialplate:
The cut and painted wooden front plate with three dial plates made out of tin. The centre dial with Roman numerals for time indication. The left dial for date indication and the right dial to indicate the day of the week. All the four hands made of wood. The lower half of the front plate decorated with leaves and garland. The top of the front plate decorated with a ribbon.

Case:
The case is made of wood. The inside of the case signed Johann Georg Golhiburger in Malburg. The movement moves between two wooden racks. The left rack with teeth. The whole set on a wooden base with balustrade.

Duration: 12 hours

Height: 84 cm.
Width: 17,5 cm.
Depth: 17,5 cm.

Literature:
Bassermann-Jordan, Uhren, Bibliothek Für Kunst und Antiquitätensammler 7, p.95.