TABLE CLOCK - Lot 9

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TABLE CLOCK - Lot 9
TABLE CLOCK hexagonal, with passing-hour chime, repeater, date, and alarm, signed (on the back plate) “Johann Wuffke Inn Breslau,” circa 1650. Ring-shaped silver dial engraved with Roman numerals for the hours, divided into 15-minute intervals, with star-shaped markers for the half-hours. This dial is mounted on a gilded metal background engraved with foliage, Arabic numerals for the date ring, a gilded and engraved alarm setting dial in the center, and blued steel hands (replaced). Gilded brass movement, baluster pillars, verge escapement, ring-shaped balance wheel without a hairspring, fusee with chain, large openworked cock engraved with strawberry flowers, finely engraved alarm barrel, gong strike, pull-out repeater with a locking hole at 9 o’clock. Glass-covered case resting on six silver feet. Folding carrying handle with openwork, engraved hinges. Diameter: 14 cm PROVENANCE Chayette auction, June 4, 1981, lot 190 A well-preserved example of a travel clock with complications, comparable to a square model by the same manufacturer sold at Sotheby’s London on May 14, 1987, lot 5. Expert: Anthony TURNER
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