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Lot 138

111st Auction

2024/11/16

Lot 138

Jacob Beham in Wien

An important Vienna baroque-style alarm clock of museum quality with a combination with a combined light-lighting device

Sold

estimated
5.000—15.000 €
Price realized
32.500 €
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specific features
Case
Brass, remains of firegilding, baroque acanthus and volute engravings as well as hunting scenes and city views on all sides, rear bell, owner's engraving, flintlock for spark generation, candle holder, separate alarm mechanism.
Dial
Baroque acanthus and volute engravings, applied silver chapter rings, central alarm disc, iron hand.
Movement
Brass, firegilt, signed, pierced balance cock, verge escapement, applied blued click work.
Diam.147x55x90 mm
Circa1670
Ctry.Austria


At the end of the alarm sound the trigger activates and lights the powder on the flash pan, thus transferring a spark to the candlewick. The glowing wick then raises on its own.


For many years this table clock was part of Dr. Bodong’s collection. After his death it was sold during an auction at Hans W. Lange in Berlin on July 14 and 15, 1938 (lot no. 578).
Beham (Behaimb, Böheimb, Böhm) Jakob, Vienna, 2nd half of the 17th century, watchmaker 1670, master in 1677, mentioned in Haarhof 1681.
Known work: alarm clock with candlewick ignition (Bodong Collection), ball gravity clock, table clock 1/4 strike, bracket clock circa 1690.
Owner engraving: "Franz Max Wider in Littav (Littau)" Littau is an urban district in the municipality of Lucerne. Until December 31, 2009 Littau was an independent township in the municipality of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne.