Early 19th Century Japanese Striking Lantern Clock.
Miscellaneous /
Japanese
Inv. #: g152
Size: 6.5" high
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A very rare late-Edo period Japanese striking lantern clock or Yagura-Dokei with a silk-thread suspension housed in the original glazed shitan wood case with silver hardware.
Case
The wall-hung wooden display case has a lift off hood with three glazed doors, solid silver hinges and latches and finely pierced and engraved fabric backed ormolu frets.
Dial
The wonderfully engraved front plate has a rotating dial with turned outside rim and sunken center, adjustable silvered engraved markers for the temporal 'hours' and Shokudo markers for the 'half-hour' marks. Below are the two apertures for the sexagenarian calendar and along the outside rim is the adjustable lifting pin that activates the spring-driven alarm by a shaped steel arm
Movement
The superb multi-day weight-driven movement has beautifully turned posts and wheel work, the original weights suspended by wooden pulleys on an endless cord and a crownwheel escapement with an adjustable pendulum suspended by silk-thread. It strikes at the hours, 9-4, and at the half-hours, 2 or 1, by a torsioned steel hammer on a bell mounted above.
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