Large Table Clock with Chiming Movement

Benedikt Fürstenfelder, Johann Valentin Gevers

Friedberg (clock), Munich (case and table), ca 1715/1720

Oak and fir, japanned and gilt; movement: brass, steel

196,5 x 99,0 x 80,0 cm

Inv.-Nr. R 3792

From the Royal Collections of the House of Wittelsbach

Gallery 34

The Prince Elector Max Emanuel bought this clock in the then fashionable Chinese style for Schleißheim Palace. The movement was made by a clock-maker from Friedberg near Augsburg. Numerous clock-makers had settled there because harsh guild regulations did not permit them to work in Augsburg. The Chinoiserie decoration was based on widely circulating copperplate patterns engraved in Augsburg which provided German artisans with motifs.

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