95th Auction
2017/5/6
Lot 197
Carl Wurm in Wien (Vienna), Height 165 mm, circa 1780
A rare carriage clock with date, Vienna 4/4 strike "Grande Sonnerie", repeater and alarm
Case: brass, gilt, glazed side panels. Dial: polychrome enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, 4 barrels, 3 hammers / 2 bells, verge escapament, three-arm brass balance.
The white dial is decorated with polychrome painting of roses and violets. A date ring sits at 12 and the hour ring has a central miniature showing an idealised landscape with a tower and mountains in the background. The case sits on four eagle claws that each hold a globe and has a rounded top. Finely engraved interlacing patterns decorate the edges of the sides and the top part. A hinged back plate with an exquisitely engraved flower in the centre conceals the movement.
Clockmaker Carl Wurm lived in Vienna from 1768 to 1826.
A rare carriage clock with date, Vienna 4/4 strike "Grande Sonnerie", repeater and alarm
Case: brass, gilt, glazed side panels. Dial: polychrome enamel. Movm.: full plate movement, chain/fusee, 4 barrels, 3 hammers / 2 bells, verge escapament, three-arm brass balance.
The white dial is decorated with polychrome painting of roses and violets. A date ring sits at 12 and the hour ring has a central miniature showing an idealised landscape with a tower and mountains in the background. The case sits on four eagle claws that each hold a globe and has a rounded top. Finely engraved interlacing patterns decorate the edges of the sides and the top part. A hinged back plate with an exquisitely engraved flower in the centre conceals the movement.
Clockmaker Carl Wurm lived in Vienna from 1768 to 1826.
Sold
estimated
2.000—6.000 €
Price realized
4.300 €