97th Auction

2018/5/12

Lot 78

Paulus Radzinski à Breslau, 124 mm, 1400 g, circa 1770
A Polish coach clock with quarter hour/hour self strike - "Grande Sonnerie", quarter hour/hour repeating mechanism and alarm in its original lacquered transport case with sound holes
Case: outer case - lacquered, decoration studs, sound openings, large lateral hinge. Inner case - silver, finely engraved with floral pattern, rear bell. Dial: enamel, a small centred silver chapter ring with Arabic numerals for alarm. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, 4 barrels for striking and alarm train, 4 hammers, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance.
Another coach clock by Paulus Radzinski, signed "Paulus Radzinski à Vratislauie" (Wrocław), is illustrated and described in: "Die Kutschenuhr" by Lukas Stolberg, Munich 1993, p. 159.
Paulus (Pawel) Radzinski was born in Warsaw circa 1730; he completed his apprenticeship there in 1751 and opened his own business in Wroclaw (Breslau) in 1760. This clock and two others are the only clocks by Radzinski we know to have survived. Eventually Radzinski’s sons Józef and Piotr took over his shop and expanded the business - under the brand "J.P. Radzinski fils" they not only produced their own fine timepieces but were also known as important retailers of clocks imported from France and Germany.

Sold

estimated
20.00030.000 €
Price realized
22.400 €