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Lot 612 Dα

A Vienna mantle clock

Auction 1140 - overview Cologne
15.11.2019, 14:00 - Decorative Arts II
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €

A Vienna mantle clock

Mahogany and ebonised wood veneer on softwood, alabaster, gilt bronze and brass mountings, white enamel dial, mirror, domed glazing. 8-day movement with quarter-hourly striking to two spiral gongs. Depicting two amoretti as smiths who move when the clock strikes. Restored. H 60.8, W 40, D ca. 13.5 cm.
1st quarter 19th C.

Literature

Two similar clocks with the same mobile depiction in: Maurice, Die deutsche Räderuhr, vol. II, Munich 1976, no. 1103 f.