AUSTRIAN GRAND SONNERIE BRACKET CLOCK,Circa 1775. Time and quarter hour strike, brass crown wheel verge escapement; English-style pull for quarter hour and hour repeat; back plate engraved in English manner, signed "Paulus Hartman, Junior, Vienna"; on back of brass dial etched name (illegible) and date, '12, 1866', when cleaned; (appears to have been produced for English market with pull and translated German signature); ebonized wood case on four gilt bronze paw and ball feet, inverse bell case top with gilt brass hinged carrying handle, corners with four brass pineapple finials (appear to be replacements); arched engraved brass face with porcelain plaque, depicting figure on bridge near house, flanked by two porcelain dials, left "Repedirt/nicht' (repeating/ silence), right "Nicht/Schlagt'" (silence/striking); decorative gilt metal spandrels over red silk fabric at upper corners of glass door; enameled chapter ring with Arabic hour markers; pendulum aperture below "12" and date aperture above "6"; brass rod pendulum with vase bob - Case: 18 high (without handle), 12 in. wide. Estimate $3,000-5,000
