Floor clock, Johann Eberhard Carstens, around 1770.

Cube-like wickerwork made of rosewood and rosewood veneered on softwood. Boxwood thread inlays Three-piece articulated, curved body. The base ends in volute feet and merges into the curved cut-out frame. The pendulum box between profiled strips. The door with the original key plate, taking up the shape and ending in a segmental arch. Watch case with glazed door that curves upwards. Blasted gable with central brass vase decoration. Gold-plated brass dial, fire-gilded, with attached tin and bronze applications. The dial with contrasting segmental arch and hallmarked background. Three-pass elevator square for the beat of the hour, the chimes and for the walkway. Behind faceted glass, the recessed date window. Circular superwork with ten-fold edges. Pewter dial with Roman hours and Arabic minuterie. Two concentric pewter arches above the dial. Name of six titles on the outer margin: MENUETT-ZION KLG MIT-NUN THANKET-IT IS GEW AN DZ-GOD OF HI DU ER- ACH GOTT U LORD. Select the tracks with a control pointer. The selected melody is played every hour before the full swing of the hour. The lunar age of 1-29 1/2 is shown on the inner tin wreath. The respective lunar day is indicated by a small tip on the moon's face. Two landscapes and two depictions of the moon surrounded by stars painted in oil on brass. The lunar disk phase changes every 59 days.
Watchmaker's name on the round arches above the dial. 8-day work. Hook lock according to Clement (1635-1695). Carillon every hour and subsequent beating of the bell, which can be triggered by hand using a reciprocal lever. However, the carillon can also be shut down. HxWxD: 236 x 57 x 28 cm

Provenance: private collection Sweden until 1995
Since 1995: private collection in Bremen.

Castens large clocks are publicly owned.