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Clock No. 246 - Biedermeier period week-running Viennese 3-lite timepiece by Konrad Brodsky in Wien. Clock No. 246 Minimum Bid SOLD!! Weights 1 Length 41 inches Wall Stabilizers Old Case Condition 1 Winding Key Old with brass handle Mechanism Clean Mechanism Mount Wood seat board Beat Scale Later Pendulum Brass backed   Clock 246 Base Beat scale Dial   Interior Signature     Many Vienna Regulator collectors consider the clocks made in the late Biedermeier period to be the most attractive examples of genre. Why? While collectors know that the extremely simple Laterndluhren and Dachluhren cases are the oldest, and therefore typically the most valuable, these simple cases lack the artistic flair of the later pieces. And, while the later periods – Serpentine, Altdeutsche, Second Baroque – are very artistic, for many, they have lost the elegance of the Biedermeier. Hence the focus on the late Biedermeier – where one can find pieces with the straight lines of the Biedermeier, married to those artistic adornments that bring the Late Biedermeier pieces to life. In this fairly small clock we see lovely carved corner treatment to the four corners of the door, and a very nicely detailed tail-piece. The cases carved trim accentuates the visual impact of the wide, beautifully cast, and unusual piecrust bezel. Coupled with the rosewood veneer to the base, this clock is a visually exciting piece! Claterbos tells us that Konrad Brodsky was listed as a clock maker in 1823 and 1836, and was made a Bürger in 1844. His shop was at Margarethenstrasse 36 in Vienna. While there are a couple of very fine hairline cracks to the center, the dial is otherwise in perfect condition, right down to the original name and the beautifully machined grommet for the winding hole. Then there are the hands, clearly hand pierced with extensive filework, producing hands that are works of art in their own way, yet another sign of a maker who cared about all the details. One minor point that I notice when looking at hands from this period is the extension to the back of the minute. While its purpose is probably to counterbalance the main part of the hand, I have always found it to be very useful when changing the time. You can turn the minute hand half way around the dial with one end of the hand, then shift to the other end. This keeps one from disturbing the hour hand. The door glass and both side glass are wavy and old and the mechanism is clean, and ran nicely when hung for pictures, though the weight line (monofilament) could afford to be replaced. And the clock comes with a nice old, brass-handled key! Caveats: Hard to fault this lovely, original example of the Late Biedermeier period.