F.X. Wildenauer, Munich, a spectacular carved Columbian Exposition wall clock, the case with a profusion of naturalistic carving including scrolls, foliage, scallop shells, fruits and Green Man masks, also with strap work ornament and architectural features including cavetto and ogee moldings, pilasters, a denticulated cornice, and leaf and dart molding, the removable crest also with carved scrolls, central scallop shell with foliage, swags below fleur de lis pinnacles, and winged female mask below a six pointed star and gadroon with pineapple, the arabic numeral gilt and silvered dial with carved surround and ornate pierced and engraved silvered hands, 8 day two train movement striking the hours and half hour on a gong, the pendulum with wooden rod and six inch round bob decorated with a cluster of applied stars, and a three dimensional ornament featuring a young woman seated on a crescent moon, the case back with the manufacturers metal tags, and a note in graphite stating that the clock was purchased at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893

case with untouched surface, minor loss to the right side of the lower back board, a scroll tip missing at bottom, lower back board with center joint separation, front of case also with center joint separation, separation with filler in cornice molding, right side of cornice with joint separation, lower crest molding with checking, swag with splits, splits to either side of scallop shell, crest a very tight fit, dial with losses to gilding and silvering, hour hand with loss, movement dirty, ticking, strike train with power but strike not releasing, needs service, pendulum bob components with losses to finish, lower end of crescent moon with damage, moon and figure wired to bob, circa 1890

51 x 21.75 x 10.25 in