Live Auction 9817European Furniture, Works of Art, Tapestries and Carpets
A SWISS 'BLACK FOREST' CARVED WOOD MANTEL CLOCK
Lot 412

A SWISS 'BLACK FOREST' CARVED WOOD MANTEL CLOCK

ATTRIBUTED TO JOHANN HUGGLER OF BREINZ, CIRCA 1900

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GBP 5,736

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A SWISS 'BLACK FOREST' CARVED WOOD MANTEL CLOCK
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHANN HUGGLER OF BREINZ, CIRCA 1900
Modelled as a huntsman, the base with game including hare, ptarmigan and marmot amidst foliage, the twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell
38½in. (97.8cm.) high, 27½in. (69.9cm.) wide

Specialist note

A very similar clock by Johann Huggler was exhibited on the Swiss stand at the Paris Exhibition of 1900 and is illustrated in The Art Journal catalogue.