98th Auction
2018/11/10
Lot 285
Naumann, Dresden (presumably Johann Friedrich Naumann, master in Dresden), 100 x 100 x 80 mm, circa 1750
An important square cased table clock with hour strike, made by an important Dresden watchmaker
Case: copper, firegilt, polished sides, four feet designed as winged cherub heads, rear bell. Dial: brass, firegilt, champlevé chapter ring with lavishly engraved volute decor in the centre, spandrels with early baroque shellwork pattern. Movm.: square brass movement, screwed on decorations, chain/fusee, fish head hammer, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance.
According to the records of Jürgen Abeler, Johann Friedrich Naumann became a master in 1744; Naumann came from a renowned clockmaking family in Dresden.
Provenance:
- Collection Tutschka, Vienna
- Renowned private collection in Vienna
An important square cased table clock with hour strike, made by an important Dresden watchmaker
Case: copper, firegilt, polished sides, four feet designed as winged cherub heads, rear bell. Dial: brass, firegilt, champlevé chapter ring with lavishly engraved volute decor in the centre, spandrels with early baroque shellwork pattern. Movm.: square brass movement, screwed on decorations, chain/fusee, fish head hammer, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance.
According to the records of Jürgen Abeler, Johann Friedrich Naumann became a master in 1744; Naumann came from a renowned clockmaking family in Dresden.
Provenance:
- Collection Tutschka, Vienna
- Renowned private collection in Vienna
Sold
estimated
4.500—9.000 €
Price realized
6.200 €