Lot Essay
David Horst is recorded in Posen, Poland, in the 18th Century.
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18TH CENTURY, SIGNED DAVID HORST, PARIS
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A CONTINENTAL GILT-BRONZE HEXAGONAL TABLE CLOCK
18TH CENTURY, SIGNED DAVID HORST, PARIS
The case with glazed side panels raised on toupie winged lion feet, with bell to the hinged underside, engraved top plate with silvered chapter ring, inscribed in the centre 'PARIS', later hands, the movement with chain and fusee for the going train and spring barrel (with engraved barrel) for the strike, verge and balance wheel escapement with engraved cock, steel regulation sliding against a calibrated sector, calibrated countwheel and with boar's head strike hammer, the backplate signed along the engraved border 'David Horst Paris', the underside with the remains of a circular paper label 'ACCORSI PIETRO ANTICHITA TURINO. VIA. PO. 55' and numbered in link '784'
3½ in. (19 cm.) high; 6 in. (15 cm.) diam.
18TH CENTURY, SIGNED DAVID HORST, PARIS
The case with glazed side panels raised on toupie winged lion feet, with bell to the hinged underside, engraved top plate with silvered chapter ring, inscribed in the centre 'PARIS', later hands, the movement with chain and fusee for the going train and spring barrel (with engraved barrel) for the strike, verge and balance wheel escapement with engraved cock, steel regulation sliding against a calibrated sector, calibrated countwheel and with boar's head strike hammer, the backplate signed along the engraved border 'David Horst Paris', the underside with the remains of a circular paper label 'ACCORSI PIETRO ANTICHITA TURINO. VIA. PO. 55' and numbered in link '784'
3½ in. (19 cm.) high; 6 in. (15 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Acquired from Pietro Accorsi, Turin, Italy.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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