90th Auction

2014/11/15

Lot 249

Presumably Strasbourg, 140 x 80 mm, circa 1550

A horizontal single-hand Renaissance table clock of museum quality with florally engraved original winding key
Case: brass, firegilt, on three feet, in the shape of a pomegranate; sides and base plate with lavish floral engraving: foliage scrolls and vases on a chased ground. Dial: brass, firegilt, engraved 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; granulated centre with elaborate foliate pattern similar to that on the sides, single iron hand. Movm.: circular iron full plate movement, gut/fusee, hogs bristle regulator, verge escapement, iron baluster pillars, iron going train, iron balance.

Sold

estimated
30.00040.000 €
Price realized
31.000 €