Lot 1153 - A214 Works of Art & Decorative Arts - jeudi, 18. septembre 2025, 13h30
TOWER CLOCK WITH FRONT PENDULUM
Southern Germany, probably Augsburg, 17th century.
Copper and brass engraved with foliage, scrolls, and flowers, and gilt. Architectural shape with three-quarter columns at the corners, on a stepped base with flattened feet. Temple-shaped bell cage with balustrades and a pointed top. Front with two superimposed silvered dials. Chapter ring for the hours with two hour sequences, I–XII and 13–24; in the center an engraved and gilt alarm disc. Below is a dial for the Roman quarter hours. On the back, a silver-plated dial for the striking mechanism, engraved with a village scene. Partly gilt movement, movement with verge escapement and striking mechanism with the hour strike on a bell are arranged one behind the other. Alarm mechanism removed.
17.5 × 17.5 × 38.5 cm.
Gilding partly later and rubbed. Movement with supplements and needs to be serviced. Tip of the upper part of the bell cage bent.
CHF 4 000 / 5 000 | (€ 4 120 / 5 150)
Vendu pour CHF 8 125 (frais inclus)