Johann Jacob Möllinger. Neustadt.
Johann Jacob Möllinger. Neustadt. Ca. 1750.
Case with rosewood marquetry, fire-gilded bronze fittings, glass. Elegant, three-part case violin-like broadened centre at the height of the pendulum. The
curved top section with case glazed in the front and at the sides finely pierced and grids
backed with fabric as sound outlets. The chapter ring dial with Roman numerals and Arabic
minutes, subsidiary second below the XII as well as aperture for week day, month and date.
In the lunette lunar phase and age. Large movement with 5 columns and open lantern wheels.
One-month power with puley. Quarter-hour chime by means of a carillon on four bells,
strike on another large bell. Silent lever at 47/48. Height 270, Width 66cm.
The dial inscribed \"Jacob Möllinger Neustadt\" (Electoral Palatinate, privileged clock maker, clock maker, gest. 1763).
Housing with some damage to the veneer. Enclosed: Pendulum & weights.
Literature:
Abeler, Jürgen: Meister der Uhrmacherkunst, Wuppertal 2010. Meister see p. 389.
Explanations to the Catalogue
Johann Jacob Möllinger
Germany
Clocks
