Lot 1132 ♣ - A196 Decorative Arts - Thursday, 25. March 2021, 01.30 PM
LARGE PENDULE ON PLINTH WITH CARILLON AND BOULLE MARQUETRY
Louis XV, Berne ca. 1750. The dial signed on plate: Funck à Berne (Mathäus Funk 1697 – 1783).
Curved case, opulently inlaid with engraved brass on red tortoise shell. Opulent gilt bronze mounts. Bronze dial with white enamel cartouches (2 slightly defective). Movement with verge escapement, striking the 1/4-hour on two bells, and carillon with six bells. Repetition on demand. 2 keys.
52 × 23 × 137 cm.
Requires some restoration. Movement requires revision.
Provenance:
- Von Wattenwyl family.
- Friedrich von Tscharner (by succession).
- By succession, in the possession of the present owner.
A clock of the same model, by Mathäus Funk, was delivered to the "Deutschseckelschreiberei" in the Town Hall in Berne. (Hermann von Fischer, Fonck à Berne, Berne, 2001. p. 117, no. 211. With illustration).
Provenance:
- Von Wattenwyl family.
- Friedrich von Tscharner (by succession).
- By succession, in the possession of the present owner.
A clock of the same model, by Mathäus Funk, was delivered to the "Deutschseckelschreiberei" in the Town Hall in Berne. (Hermann von Fischer, Fonck à Berne, Berne, 2001. p. 117, no. 211. With illustration).
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CHF 20 000 / 30 000 | (€ 20 620 / 30 930)
Sold for CHF 24 700 (including buyer's premium)