95th Auction
2017/5/6
Lot 208
Joseph Lippert Graz, Height 190 mm, circa 1840
An ornamental carriage clock with rare duplex escapement, Vienna 4/4 strike "Grande Sonnerie", repeater and alarm
Case: brass, firegilt. Dial: gilt, engine-turned centre. Movm.: circular brass full plate movement, 4 barrels, 3 hammers / 2 gongs, duplex escapement, three-arm brass balance.
The high rectangular case has glass panels on both sides and sits on a rectangular base with engine-turned bun feet. Nearly all parts have been lavishly decorated with engine-turned pattern - even the concave roof and the cast brass carrying handle with floral ornamentation.
This clock is illustrated and described in "Carriage and other Travelling Clocks" by Derek Roberts, Atglen 1993, p. 255.
An ornamental carriage clock with rare duplex escapement, Vienna 4/4 strike "Grande Sonnerie", repeater and alarm
Case: brass, firegilt. Dial: gilt, engine-turned centre. Movm.: circular brass full plate movement, 4 barrels, 3 hammers / 2 gongs, duplex escapement, three-arm brass balance.
The high rectangular case has glass panels on both sides and sits on a rectangular base with engine-turned bun feet. Nearly all parts have been lavishly decorated with engine-turned pattern - even the concave roof and the cast brass carrying handle with floral ornamentation.
This clock is illustrated and described in "Carriage and other Travelling Clocks" by Derek Roberts, Atglen 1993, p. 255.
Sold
estimated
1.800—3.500 €
Price realized
4.500 €