Lot Essay
A similar timekeeper was sold in these rooms in Time Keeping Instruments from The Time Museum on 14 April 1984, lot 130.
Details
A lacquered-wood incense timekeeper
in the form of a paddle steamer, decorated in gilt with butterflies, flowers and geometric motifs, the stern with storage area with cover decorated with horses by a lake, the main compartment with pewter inner-liner and cover with two stacks, the hull with figurehead and paddle-boxes and decorated with painted windows and birds, the hull decorated with waves, on twin "paddle wheels" and bow and stern wheels -- 21in.(53cm.)long (lacking incense supports) Chinese, 19th century
in the form of a paddle steamer, decorated in gilt with butterflies, flowers and geometric motifs, the stern with storage area with cover decorated with horses by a lake, the main compartment with pewter inner-liner and cover with two stacks, the hull with figurehead and paddle-boxes and decorated with painted windows and birds, the hull decorated with waves, on twin "paddle wheels" and bow and stern wheels -- 21in.(53cm.)long (lacking incense supports) Chinese, 19th century