MAKER:  Moritz Pollak
ORIGIN:     Austria--Leopoldstadt, Praterstr. 641
                              Text- ( Gewerbeschein erhalten- 1860 )
                                         1861- verzeichnet-(meaning, listed ) Quoted from: "Viennese Clockmakers
                               and What They Left Us " by F.H.van WEIJDOM CLATERBOS

A fine walnut Vienna Regulator, endurance one week, with hour and half hour strike on a wire gong.
The ' signed ' dial is beautiful white porcelain having deep brass grommets in the winding holes and delicate hands.
Dial signed:  Moritz Pollak......AWILDRRETMARKET 3.
           

The brass weights have four star pulleys and the brass pendulum swings over the large porcelain                                                            ' beat indicator '.

The slender case has canted corners to the sides, holding free standing turned pillars with block design and roundels .                      Extremely delicate turned finials adorn the pillars.
The case has a latched door and brass levellors for adjustment on the wall.
All finials are original to the case.

Height: 51"  ( 130 cm )
Width:  15"  (39cm )
Depth:   6" at base ( 15cm )
Price:  $2675.  CAD