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ZELLER, BASEL; THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
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A SWISS ORMOLU-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL, BONE AND BOULLE MARQUETRY STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK
ZELLER, BASEL; THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The waisted case with horn blowing cherub door mount, the (later?) repoussé brass dial with black and white Roman and Arabic enamel chapters, blued steel hands, the square four pillar eight-day movement with verge escapement, striking the hours and half hours with three hammers on two bells above, with pull repeat, signed on the back plate Zeller A Basle, with a rectangular paper label inscribed Schloss Feldsberg Obj.-Nr. 121 Inv.-Nr. 2764 and a square label inscribed F.L. 8
59.5 cm. high
ZELLER, BASEL; THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The waisted case with horn blowing cherub door mount, the (later?) repoussé brass dial with black and white Roman and Arabic enamel chapters, blued steel hands, the square four pillar eight-day movement with verge escapement, striking the hours and half hours with three hammers on two bells above, with pull repeat, signed on the back plate Zeller A Basle, with a rectangular paper label inscribed Schloss Feldsberg Obj.-Nr. 121 Inv.-Nr. 2764 and a square label inscribed F.L. 8
59.5 cm. high
Provenance
Schloss Vaduz, Liechtenstein, 1945.
Special notice
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