A Decorative 18thC Moon Phase Painted Longcase Clock Dial c.1780-90 antiques Rudolph Ackermann

Rudolph Ackermann

Of compact proportions this is a rogue of a chest with a rough around the edges type of character and one whose appearance has changed very little since the time it was crafted

It is generally employed as an embrocation in bronchitis

millions came to stare at a make believe world frozen in place

Functioning via the power of falling and shifting sand distributed through a complex system of hoppers and paddle wheels

A Decorative 18thC Moon Phase Painted Longcase Clock Dial c.1780-90 antiques Rudolph AckermannOrigin: English Period: George III Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1780 90 Height: 18. 75 Width: 13. 25 The eight day face with arched top and rolling moon phase saw wheel, having two hemispheres and the whole being hand painted with roman numerals, the corners with floral sprays, the moon phase with a galleon ship and a cottage by a lake, the top archs numerals faded, surviving from the last quarter of eighteenth century England. Once having been the