Typology: Long pendulum clock with recoil escapement mechanisms and chimes on the hours and quarters and three driving weights.

Long pendulum clock with recoil escapement mechanisms and chimes on the hours and quarters and three driving weights. English dial face, made from a square iron sheet. Iron hands and brass disc with signature. The hour disc is made from enamel and the hours are painted.

Wall clock

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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