Fine and rare gilt bronze hour-striking crucifix table clock. Germany, circa 1640. — Antique Clocks Price Guide

Name: Fine and rare gilt bronze hour-striking crucifix table clock. Germany, circa 1640.
Brand: Unsigned
Price: 49508 USD
Availability: Discontinued

Shelf Desk or Table Figural Unsigned Germany auction

Price Record

Sale date 10/14/2001

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Maker Unsigned
Type Shelf Desk or Table Figural
Country Germany
Price type auction
Date 10/14/2001
Source Antiquorum

Description

Unsigned, Germany, circa 1640. Fine and rare gilt bronze hour-striking crucifix table clock. C. Round base engraved with scrolls and foliage with two urn finials, pierced for sound housing a bell, two gilt bronze figures of St. Mary and St. John at the foot of the Cross with an applied eagle above the Christ, terminated by a rotating sphere indicating the time. D. Copper strap applied to the rotating sphere, Roman numerals, half-hour divisions. M. Set in the base of the cross, 58 mm, gilt brass plates, turned baluster pillars, stackfreed, brass wheels, two-arm foliot. Dim. Height 29 cm, diam. of base 15 cm.

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