GEBHARD BOSCH, LÜBECK. THE GLOBE BY E. SCHOTTE & CO. DATED 1877

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A most unusual German carved walnut month-going inverted wall regulator
Gebhard Bosch, Lübeck. The globe by E. Schotte & Co. Dated 1877
The two-piece white enamel Roman dial with pierced blued steel hands and subsidiary seconds, signed Gebhard Bosch Lübeck, the movement with tapered and shouldered plates secured by four double screwed pillars, massive chain fusee and spring barrel, end-capped centre and contrate wheels, the backplate engraved Gebhard Bosch Lübeck 1877, the rotational escapement interacting with the tip of the pendulum suspended above on a universal joint, the terrestrial globe signed Die Erdkugel nach d. neuesten und besten Quellen entworfen BERLIN geog. art Anstalt E. Schotte & Co. Lith Bei Korbgeweit, the steel rod with adjustable weight tray, glazed case with foliate carved bracket at the base and carved cresting at the top flanked by turned wood finials
54in. (137cm.) high

Provenance

Sold Christie's London, 15 June 1994, lot 464

Literature

Roberts, Derek, Precision Pendulum Clocks, France, Germany, America and recent advances, Schiffer, 2004, p. 193, fig. 35/14

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Family history has it that this clock was one of three made by Gebhard Bosch for each of his children as wedding presents. He made the present example for his daughter, Marie Bosch, who married Gustav Vogel in London. The couple then moved to Scotland in 1892 and set up a sausage factory. The clock had remained in the same house until it was removed in 1992 when it was sold in these rooms on 15 June, 1994 lot 464.

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