98th Auction
2018/11/10
Lot 290
Master's Mark "M" presumably Strasbourg, Height 325 mm, dated 1621
An important Renaissance-style tabernacle clock with one hand and quarter hour / hour strike - decorated with motifs by Franz Behem
Case: brass, firegilt, lavishly engraved, stepped wooden base with drawer. Dial: brass, firegilt, central zodiac signs, reconstructed silver hour ring. Movm.: solid iron frame, iron going train, 3 x gut/fusee for going train and quarter hour/hour striking train, large barrel, 2 hammers / 2 bells, verge escapement, reconstructed rim foliot.
The sign of the pelican with the inscription "Sic his qui diligunt" on the back of this tabernacle clock is that of printer Franz Behem of Mainz. He was originally from Meissen and in 1539 established a print shop near Mainz, where he mainly printed theological books. Supported by his learned brother-in-law Cochlaeus and a number of clerics, he had published more than 90 books by 1553. In 1552 Behem moved to his new workshop in Mainz. He died circa 1585.
The sides of the case - which is dated 1621 on the front - are elaborately decorated with flowers and foliage scrolls. The back has a regulating disc and a disc with the planetary symbols with Latin designations. The sides have reconstructed control dials for the striking movement. The six dignified profile portraits in the top section of the case are particularly remarkable.
This clock is illustrated in Klaus Maurice’s book "Die deutsche Räderuhr",(German mechanical clocks), Vol. II, Ill. 195.
Provenance: Renowned private collection in Vienna
An important Renaissance-style tabernacle clock with one hand and quarter hour / hour strike - decorated with motifs by Franz Behem
Case: brass, firegilt, lavishly engraved, stepped wooden base with drawer. Dial: brass, firegilt, central zodiac signs, reconstructed silver hour ring. Movm.: solid iron frame, iron going train, 3 x gut/fusee for going train and quarter hour/hour striking train, large barrel, 2 hammers / 2 bells, verge escapement, reconstructed rim foliot.
The sign of the pelican with the inscription "Sic his qui diligunt" on the back of this tabernacle clock is that of printer Franz Behem of Mainz. He was originally from Meissen and in 1539 established a print shop near Mainz, where he mainly printed theological books. Supported by his learned brother-in-law Cochlaeus and a number of clerics, he had published more than 90 books by 1553. In 1552 Behem moved to his new workshop in Mainz. He died circa 1585.
The sides of the case - which is dated 1621 on the front - are elaborately decorated with flowers and foliage scrolls. The back has a regulating disc and a disc with the planetary symbols with Latin designations. The sides have reconstructed control dials for the striking movement. The six dignified profile portraits in the top section of the case are particularly remarkable.
This clock is illustrated in Klaus Maurice’s book "Die deutsche Räderuhr",(German mechanical clocks), Vol. II, Ill. 195.
Provenance: Renowned private collection in Vienna
Sold
estimated
16.000—25.000 €
Price realized
28.600 €