Winterhalder and Hoffmeier, Germany, an oak mantel clock the eight-day duration, double-fusee movement having a large platform lever escapement and chiming the hours and quarters on two gongs, being ting-tang strike, the backplate stamped for the maker W & H, Sch, the square brass dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman hour numerals and decorative half-hour markings, with two subsidiary dials above for regulation and 'strike/silent', with gilded cast-brass applied mounts, the oak 'four-glass' case having a flat-top and ogee moulding to the base, height 33cm * Biography Anton Winterhalder founded the business in Schwarzenbach, Germany in 1810 taking Anton Hofmeier into partnership in 1850, with the company finally closing upon the death of Linus, last son of Winterhalder, in 1930. The movements and clocks made by this firm are often believed to be amongst the best produced in Germany at this time.
Winterhalder and Hoffmeier, Germany, an oak mantel clock the eight-day duration, double-fusee movement having a large platform lever escapement and chiming the hours and quarters on two gongs, being ting-tang strike, the backplate stamped for the maker W & H, Sch, the square brass dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman hour numerals and decorative half-hour markings, with two subsidiary dials above for regulation and 'strike/silent', with gilded cast-brass applied mounts, the oak 'four-glass' case having a flat-top and ogee moulding to the base, height 33cm * Biography Anton Winterhalder founded the business in Schwarzenbach, Germany in 1810 taking Anton Hofmeier into partnership in 1850, with the company finally closing upon the death of Linus, last son of Winterhalder, in 1930. The movements and clocks made by this firm are often believed to be amongst the best produced in Germany at this time.
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