Wall clock
The machine has a long pendant, with recoil escape mechanisms and the chime of hours and quarts, four pesos motor and alarm clock. The sphere is of llautó of tipus anglès, both applications of fossa and gravets to the burí. Disc en llauto. Wall plaster from the 18th century. The piece explains who the author […]
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Inscription: “Anton Ratera Igualada 31”. The Ratera family from Igualada were closely related with the firearms industry. Antoni Ratera i Bou learnt the trade from his father and, on his marriage certificate from the year 1791, written in Latin, he is referred to as Juvenem horologiorum fabricum, young clockmaker.
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