98th Auction

2018/11/10

Lot 284

Monogramist "IVK" (Jacob van Kress), Augsburg, 112 x 112 x 67 mm, circa 1620
A fragment of a square cased table clock with quarter hour / hour strike with a corresponding leather-covered wooden box with richly decorated brass fittings
Case: firegilt brass case, bun feet. Dial: brass, firegilt, applied silver chapter ring with radial Roman hours, centre with elaborately engraved foliate pattern, the spandrels with sunflowers and acanthus. Movm.: square brass movement, chain/fusee, 1 barrel for striking train, 2 hammers, locking plate for strike mechanism, applied blued iron click work, verge escapement, three-arm iron balance.
Jakob van Kress was born around 1562. He became an independent clockmaker in Augsburg in 1599, though earlier work is known. He was still active in 1619, but the date of his death is not known.
Provenance: Landrock Collection

Sold

estimated
1.5002.500 €
Price realized
5.300 €