108th Auction
2023/5/20
Lot 300
Anonymous
A one-handed, probably Southern-German, square cased horizontal table clock with alarm
Sold
estimated
1.500—2.000 €
Price realized
5.000 €
specific features
Case
Brass, gilt, polished sides, bun feet, rear bell.
Dial
Brass, gilt, the spandrels are decorated with four engraved winged cherub heads, outer ring with twelve dots for night reading, engraved chapter ring with inlaid radial Roman hours I-XII and inner chapter ring with inlaid Arabic numerals 13-24, central alarm disc, blued steel hand.
Movement
Square brass/iron movement, chain/fusee, 2 barrels, 1 hammer, hogs bristle regulator, verge escapement, foliot.
Diam.110 x 112 x 85 mm
Circa1680
Ctry.South Germany
Wt.1950 g