107th Auction
2022/11/19
Lot 88
Johannes Benner
A one-handed hexagonal Augsburg table clock with hour strike
Sold
estimated
3.500—6.000 €
Price realized
6.900 €
specific features
Case
Firegilt brass case, moulded, screwed on windows to the sides, four toupie feet, rear bell.
Dial
Applied silver chapter ring with radial Roman hours, centre and rim with elaborate foliate pattern.
Movement
Hexagonal brass movement, chain/fusee for going train, 1 barrel for striking train, 1 engraved hammer, locking plate for strike mechanism, verge escapement, iron balance without balance spring.
Diam.123 x 85 mm
Circa1650
Ctry.Germany
Johannes Benner worked as a clockmaker in Augsburg from around 1620 to 1659. Most likely he was a son of Philipp Jakob Be(r)ner, who was known as a maker of sundials. A square horizontal table clock by Benner was present in the study of Peter the Great at the Peterhof Palace west of St. Petersburg.