95th Auction
2017/5/6
Lot 259
J(ohann) G(ottfried) Kriedel in Budissin (Bautzen), 108 x 94 x 75 mm, circa 1740
A hexagonal table clock with hour self strike and alarm
Case: brass, gilt/silvered, florally engraved, the sides with screwed on windows, winged claw feet, rear bell. Dial: silver champlevé, central alarm disc. Movm.: hexagonal brass movement, chain/fusee, 1 barrel, 1 engraved hammer, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance.
Johann Gottfried Kriedel (Kridell, Kriedell, Krid - also backwards Ledeirk) was born in 1702. He is first mentioned 1735 as living and working in Bautzen; from 1754 on he also worked in Cottbus. Kriedel died in 1757.
Source: Juergen Abeler, "Meister der Uhrmacherkunst", 2. Edition, Wuppertal 2010, p. 322.
A hexagonal table clock with hour self strike and alarm
Case: brass, gilt/silvered, florally engraved, the sides with screwed on windows, winged claw feet, rear bell. Dial: silver champlevé, central alarm disc. Movm.: hexagonal brass movement, chain/fusee, 1 barrel, 1 engraved hammer, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance.
Johann Gottfried Kriedel (Kridell, Kriedell, Krid - also backwards Ledeirk) was born in 1702. He is first mentioned 1735 as living and working in Bautzen; from 1754 on he also worked in Cottbus. Kriedel died in 1757.
Source: Juergen Abeler, "Meister der Uhrmacherkunst", 2. Edition, Wuppertal 2010, p. 322.
Sold
estimated
4.500—6.500 €
Price realized
7.500 €