Lot Essay
A clock conceived in the same manner is in the Uhrenmuseum in Vienna and is illustrated in Tardy, French Clocks, Paris, 1985, (5th edition), part 4, p. 309.
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A VIENNESE ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
Details
A VIENNESE ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
The glazed white enamel dial, with Arabic chapters inscribed 'FRANZ MAYER IN WIEN', the two-day movement with verge escapement and grande savonnerie strike on two gongs, in a drum case with engine-turned and anthemion bands surmounted by a figure of a maiden holding a bunch of flowers, supported on two griffins with foliate tails, on a concave-sided canted rectangular plinth with chequer surface and lappeted serpentine band, on bun feet, the feet with variations and probably associated, the flower-spray associated, the ormolu base with four circular holes, probably casting flaws
10¾ in. (27 cm.) high
The glazed white enamel dial, with Arabic chapters inscribed 'FRANZ MAYER IN WIEN', the two-day movement with verge escapement and grande savonnerie strike on two gongs, in a drum case with engine-turned and anthemion bands surmounted by a figure of a maiden holding a bunch of flowers, supported on two griffins with foliate tails, on a concave-sided canted rectangular plinth with chequer surface and lappeted serpentine band, on bun feet, the feet with variations and probably associated, the flower-spray associated, the ormolu base with four circular holes, probably casting flaws
10¾ in. (27 cm.) high