EMPIRE CLOCK

SWEDISH C. 1825 - 1830

SIGNED: SANDERHOLM, STOCKHOLM

GILTWOOD AND MAHOGANY

LARS FREDRIC SANDERHOLM WAS A CLOCKMAKERS IN STOCKHOLM. HE WAS APPRENTICED IN 1817 AND BECAME A MASTER CLOCKMAKER IN 1823 AND RETIRED IN 1838. HE ESTABLISHED HIS WORKSHOP IN DROTTNINGGATAN, THE MOST FASHIONABLE ADDRESS IN STOCKHOLM AT THIS TIME.

AS A CLOCKMAKER HIS MECHANISM HAD A NUMBER OF UNUSUAL CHARACHTERISTICS AND HE WAS CONSIDERED TECHNICALLY IN ADVANCE OF MOST SWEDISH CLOCKMAKERS AT THE TIME. HIS MASTERPIECE IS A CLOCK IN MAHOGANY WITH CARVED AND GILDED ORNAMENTS, WHICH IS IN THE NORDISKA MUSEUM IN STOCKHOLM.

THE BOOK 'CLOCKS AND CLOCKMAKERS OF SWEDEN AND FINLAND,' MENTIONS THE TECHNICAL BRILLIANCE AND UNUSUAL CHARACHTERISTICS OF THE MECHANISMS ON THIS CLOCK.

LITERATURE: URMAKARE OCH KLOCKOR I SVERIGE & FINLAND (CLOCKS AND CLOCKMAKERS OF SWEDEN AND FINLAND)

Height: 16 ½" / 42 ½ cm Width: 9" / 23 cm

Ref. HG 7179