108th Auction
2023/5/20
Lot 301
Johann Steinmüller
An interesting collection of 2 horizontal table clocks and 1 coach clock
A small, square, one-handed Pressburg horizontal table clock with hour strike
A small, square, one-handed Pressburg horizontal table clock with hour strike
Sold
estimated
5.500—8.000 €
Price realized
9.400 €
specific features
Case
Brass, remains of firegilding, profiled, glazed and screwed-on windows on the sides, four toupie feet, rear bell.
Dial
Glazed circular brass dial with florally engraved spandrels.
Movement
Square brass movement, chain/fusee, finely engraved barrel for hour strike, 1 engraved hammer, locking plate, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance.
Diam.79 x 79 x 65 mm
Circa1720
Ctry.Slovakia
Pressburg, Bratislava today, was once the most important city of the Hungarian kingdom (capital until 1783 and again in 1848). After the treaty of Trianon in 1920 the city became part of the new Czechoslovakia. Since 1993 Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia.