A Good and Rare Vienna Grande Sonnerie Laterndluhr, signed Anton Holmberg

A Good and Rare Vienna Grande Sonnerie Laterndluhr, signed Anton Holmberg, in Wien, circa 1840, A Good and Rare Vienna Grande Sonnerie Laterndluhr, signed Anton Holmberg, in Wien, circa 1840, nine-light case with an architectural form pediment, the highly figured veneer "Lochenash" case with mahogany stringing, with brass leveling screws to the lower sides and silvered beat scale to the inside, silvered dial Roman numeral chapter ring signed Anton Holmberg in Wien, dial centre engraved with foliate, scrolls and flowerheads, blued steel hands, engine turned ormolu bezel, triple weight driven movement with a deadbeat escapement, striking the hours and quarters on two blued steel gongs, pull repeat cord, strike/silent selection lever above 1, backboard with brass suspension block for the steel rod pendulum 120cm high Provenance: From the estate of Peter Haigh, Norwood Green, Halifax, nine-light case with an architectural form pediment, the highly figured veneer "Lochenash" case with mahogany stringing, with brass leveling screws to the lower sides and silvered beat scale to the inside, silvered dial Roman numeral chapter ring signed Anton Holmberg in Wien, dial centre engraved with foliate, scrolls and flowerheads, blued steel hands, engine turned ormolu bezel, triple weight driven movement with a deadbeat escapement, striking the hours and quarters on two blued steel gongs, pull repeat cord, strike/silent selection lever above 1, backboard with brass suspension block for the steel rod pendulum Anton Holmberg is recorded as working in Vienna from 1829.

Estimate:$2,680.62

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