Description
Antique Swedish Empire MORA
grandfather clock with carved hand shaped pine long case with origninal working
8 day movement.
The tall case in typical
provincial blonde wood waxed finish and with elegant cold climate spruce
grain.
Of typical form with drumhead
top but more elegant Empire tapering body.
The Swedish Mora clock first
appeared in Stockholm during the Gustavian Period in the mid-eighteenth century.
Farmers in the Mora area wanted to look for ways to supplement their income. The
villagers of Östnor, outside Mora, turned to traditional home crafts such as the
making of clocks. This was essential work as the long frozen winter months
restricted work to indoor activities. Each farming family specialized in a
specific part: some made the brass clockworks, some painted the dials while
others built or painted the cases. At the height of production more than 90
families were engaged in the trade, and Mora functioned as one large clock
factory. This traditional hand made craft eventually ceased when cheaper mass
production clocks from America became available from the 1840's onwards.
The steel and brass clock
mechanism with top mounted twin bells and two cast iron weights. The bell
strikes the hour count. A recently replaced long brass pendulum is housed within
the case. The clock face with hand painted enamel face with Roman numerals in
black on white with the superb cut steel hands .
Two train movement with winding
key. The door to the pendulum case with original steel lock and steel key.
The drum head shaped top with
opening front door retains it original hand brlown convex glass front.
The main body with a unusual
neoclassical tapering pyramidic shape and hinged panel door with round window
front opens with with traditional steel key on spring lock.
The shaped pine mouldings to the
case in the provincial manner complete with pegged joints in 18th century
tradition. .
Swedish Karl Johan
period 1815
Overall Dimensions:
Height 209 cm
Width 60 cm
Depth 28cm
Price SOLD
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