103rd Auction
2020/11/7
Lot 231
Daniele Schpeke, Horloger du Roy à Varsovie (Daniel Schepcke in Warschau), 122 mm, 1250 g, circa 1760
An important pair-cased coach clock with hour and quarter hour repeater, alarm and date
Case: outer case - silver. Inner case - silver, around the edge florally engraved and pierced, rear bell. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, 3 lavishly florally engraved barrels, 4 hammers, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance.
The beautiful, perfectly preserved inner silver case is exquisitely open-worked and bears a motif showing a quiver and a torch framed by a laurel wreath on the back.
According to Abeler, Daniel Schepcke (or Schepke) in Warsaw was a native of Dresden who was appointed clockmaker to the court of King Stanislaus II (1732 - 1798). Schepcke’s work includes several carriage clocks such as those in the National Museum in Poznan; Stolberg also shows a clock in a double case in "Die Kutschenuhr" (the carriage clock).
An important pair-cased coach clock with hour and quarter hour repeater, alarm and date
Case: outer case - silver. Inner case - silver, around the edge florally engraved and pierced, rear bell. Dial: enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, 3 lavishly florally engraved barrels, 4 hammers, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance.
The beautiful, perfectly preserved inner silver case is exquisitely open-worked and bears a motif showing a quiver and a torch framed by a laurel wreath on the back.
According to Abeler, Daniel Schepcke (or Schepke) in Warsaw was a native of Dresden who was appointed clockmaker to the court of King Stanislaus II (1732 - 1798). Schepcke’s work includes several carriage clocks such as those in the National Museum in Poznan; Stolberg also shows a clock in a double case in "Die Kutschenuhr" (the carriage clock).
Sold
estimated
19.000—26.000 €
Price realized
33.300 €