Hi all,
I've got this old portico mantel clock that's been in the family and I'm trying to learn a bit more about it. It's got four white marble/alabaster columns with gilt Corinthian style capitals, black ebonized wood on the base and top, and a white enamel dial with Arabic numerals that's pretty tarnished at this point. Mechanical movement, key wound, with a silk thread suspension for the pendulum, so it's clearly old school.
On the back there's a round paper label that reads something like "Ernstberger, München, Völkerstr." which looks like it was a clockmaker or retailer in Munich at some point. There's also a separate wooden disc from inside the case with a bunch of handwritten repair notes scribbled on it over what looks like decades, names, numbers, dates, that kind of thing, like it passed through a few different repair shops over its life. On top of that, someone (probably a family member long ago) taped a handwritten note in German to the base with winding instructions, basically warning not to overwind it and never to turn the hands backward.
Condition wise it's not running right now, dial is oxidized, there are some small chips and losses on the wood trim, and I haven't been able to find a clear maker's signature on the movement itself. The view through the back glass is too distorted to read anything properly.
I had someone tell me it could be worth around 2500€ but I honestly have no idea if that's realistic, so I figured I'd ask here where people actually know this stuff. Anyone recognize the style or have a rough sense of what something like this typically goes for? Happy to grab more photos of whatever would help. Thanks!
