102nd Auction
2020/6/29
Lot 231
Jacob Seuebier (Senebier), 165 x 185 mm, circa 1800
A sundial in the shape of the Habsburg double-headed eagle with sword and sceptre
Case: Intricately engraved burnished brass, with fixed gnomon and rotating disc showing the moon phases.
Senebier is a common Swiss name; we know of two clockmakers in Geneva, Abel and Aymé Senebier and there is also a table clock signed "Jacob Senebier".
A sundial in the shape of the Habsburg double-headed eagle with sword and sceptre
Case: Intricately engraved burnished brass, with fixed gnomon and rotating disc showing the moon phases.
Senebier is a common Swiss name; we know of two clockmakers in Geneva, Abel and Aymé Senebier and there is also a table clock signed "Jacob Senebier".
Sold
estimated
1.100—2.000 €
Price realized
900 €