Johann Conrad Reichel. Bautzen.
Johann Conrad Reichel. Bautzen. Ca. 1720.
Case brass, fire gilded resp. silver-plated, welded steel, glass, colourful enamel decor u.a. On scalloped rectangular base with paw feet the high rectangular case with small pediment and profiled ascending closing, crowned by allegorical figurine with transverse flute. Under the pediment small enamel plaque with landscape scene. The case is glazed on all sides, visible from the front through a small glazed window movement. The silver-plated dial with Roman hours and central alarm disc with Arabic hours and two welded hands. Lower right peropheral dial for week days on the right side of the case the strike releaser with attached thread.
Verge movement with repitition, quarter-hour chime on two bells, movement with chain and fusee. 26,5x11x10cm.
On the back plate signed \"Johann Conrad Reichel Budessin\".
Enclosed: Key.
Literature:
Abeler, Jürgen: Meister der Uhrmacherkunst, Wuppertal 2010. Meister see p.452.
Explanations to the Catalogue
Johann Conrad Reichel
Germany
Clocks
18th century
Table Clock
