Antique American Clocks January 2021
44. $225
Vienna one-weight wall clock, ca. 1880. This Vienna is smaller than #43, at 44 inches. There used to be something on top, either a crest or three finials. It looks good as is. The door glass is old and there
are two side lights; the right glass is cracked with a missing piece. The two-part porcelain dial has a hairline crack at the
7; it is signed P. Peucker in Wien. The 8-day movement is unsigned; time is driven by one weight, and the quarter hours and
hour strikes are spring-driven and sound on two wire gongs, just as with #43. The movement is mounted to a seatboard and slides
into wooden supports. It is running and striking as expected. The style of this clock suggests to me it is from the transitional
or earlier period (1850-1870).