Splendid Bracket Clock with martial symbols of victory

middle of the 18th century

Signed:
"Michael Rueff in Wienn"

Case:
palisander veneered and polished, fruit-wood black stained and polished, tortoise-shell, tin and brass inlays, fire gilded bronze mounts, tin-figure: putto with helmet blowing the fanfare of victory

Dial:
bronze engraved and fire gilded, dialring and subsidiary dials silvered metal

Movement:
verge escapement with fusee, rich engraved plate, carillon (music on nine bells) every quarter hour, hour strike on bell, indication of date, repeater, turn-off for strike, duration of one day

Literature:
figured in Heuer/Maurice 553,554

Manufacturer:
Joh. Michael Rueff, Vienna, master 1758-1783