97th Auction
2018/5/12
Lot 89
Presumably South German, 102 x 64 mm, circa 1580
A horizontal single-hand Renaissance table clock of museum quality with hour self strike
Case: brass, firegilt, on three feet, sides and base plate with lavish floral engraving. Dial: brass, firegilt, engraved silver chapter ring with radial Roman hours I-XII and inner chapter ring with Arabic numerals 13-24, outer ring with twelve dots for night reading, single iron hand. Movm.: circular full plate brass movement, 1 hammer with grotesque face / 1 rear bell, chain/fusee, hogs bristle regulator, verge escapement, baluster pillars, brass going train, two-arm iron balance without balance spring, engraved count wheel.
A horizontal single-hand Renaissance table clock of museum quality with hour self strike
Case: brass, firegilt, on three feet, sides and base plate with lavish floral engraving. Dial: brass, firegilt, engraved silver chapter ring with radial Roman hours I-XII and inner chapter ring with Arabic numerals 13-24, outer ring with twelve dots for night reading, single iron hand. Movm.: circular full plate brass movement, 1 hammer with grotesque face / 1 rear bell, chain/fusee, hogs bristle regulator, verge escapement, baluster pillars, brass going train, two-arm iron balance without balance spring, engraved count wheel.
Sold
estimated
18.000—25.000 €
Price realized
15.500 €