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PROBABLY AUGSBURG. CIRCA 1620, MOVEMENT LATER
Details
A German gilt-metal figural table clock
Probably Augsburg. Circa 1620, movement later
The gilt-metal moulded base cast with formalised strapwork and foliage and fruit forming a pedestal for the reclining figure of Ceres holding a steel pointer to the gilt revolving spherical dial with Arabic chapters, the later movement with going barrel and platform lever escapement
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high
Probably Augsburg. Circa 1620, movement later
The gilt-metal moulded base cast with formalised strapwork and foliage and fruit forming a pedestal for the reclining figure of Ceres holding a steel pointer to the gilt revolving spherical dial with Arabic chapters, the later movement with going barrel and platform lever escapement
4¾ in. (12 cm.) high
Literature
Klaus Maurice, Die deutsche Räderuhr, Band II, fig. 376
Special notice
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