GERMAN WESTMINSTER STRIKING ANTIQUE BRACKET CLOCK BY WINTERHALDER & HOFMEIER
DESCRIPTION
A very good quality German Westminster chiming arched top antique bracket clock with three train movement by Winterhalder & Hofmeier. The walnut case has brass string inlay to the canted corners and stands on brass bracket feet. The clock has a slivered dial with Roman numerals and slow-fast and silent-strike mechanisms.
The clock movement is an eight day durations strikes the hours, quarters and half hours on five gongs.
The back plate is stamped with the makers name -
W&H
Height - 35 cm (13 ¾ inches)
Width - 28 cm (11 inches)
Depth - 20 cm (7 ¾ inches)
Circa - 1890
£1,550
Winterhalder & Hofmeier were considered the finest clockmakers in the Victorian era, they came from a family of clockmakers. They were based in Germany’s Black Forest region. The company was established in 1810 by Thomas Winterhalder, and was continued by his three sons Matthäus, Karl and Linus.
Thomas’ son Matthaus took over in 1830 and in 1850 Anton Hofmeier joined the company, who was himself a clockmaker and relative to the Winterhalder family. The company then became known as Winterhalder and Hofmeier.
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