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AUGSBURG, FIRST QUARTER 17TH CENTURY, THE MOVEMENT POSSIBLY BY CASPAR BOHEMUS
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A SOUTH GERMAN PARCEL-GILT, SILVER AND EBONY CRUCIFIX CLOCK
AUGSBURG, FIRST QUARTER 17TH CENTURY, THE MOVEMENT POSSIBLY BY CASPAR BOHEMUS
CASE: the finial as an eagle sitting in its nest, its head inclined below indicating the hours to the revolving chapter ring, with figure of Christ to the ebony crucifix flanked to the base by figures of the Virgin Mary and St. John the Evangelist shown standing on a naturalistic domed base with skull and crossbones and with shaped oval aperture to further chapter ring to front, the drum-shaped base hinged to the pierced and engraved gallery to the spreading octagonal foot with strapwork, foliage and winged cherub heads raised on bun feet DIALS: gilt Roman chapter ring to finial and silvered Roman chapter ring to base; MOVEMENT: the striking movement with stackfreed regulation to the going train, verge escapement with dumb bell/foliot and hog’s hair bristles, countwheel, with internal teeth, to bell, the gilded plates joined by four square section pillars, the top potance in the form of a stylized sea monster, the backplate stamped ‘C.B.’ flanking a shield, possibly for Caspar Bohemus
11 in. (28 cm.) high; 4.3/8 in. (11 cm.) wide; 3.1/2 in. (8.9 cm.) deep
AUGSBURG, FIRST QUARTER 17TH CENTURY, THE MOVEMENT POSSIBLY BY CASPAR BOHEMUS
CASE: the finial as an eagle sitting in its nest, its head inclined below indicating the hours to the revolving chapter ring, with figure of Christ to the ebony crucifix flanked to the base by figures of the Virgin Mary and St. John the Evangelist shown standing on a naturalistic domed base with skull and crossbones and with shaped oval aperture to further chapter ring to front, the drum-shaped base hinged to the pierced and engraved gallery to the spreading octagonal foot with strapwork, foliage and winged cherub heads raised on bun feet DIALS: gilt Roman chapter ring to finial and silvered Roman chapter ring to base; MOVEMENT: the striking movement with stackfreed regulation to the going train, verge escapement with dumb bell/foliot and hog’s hair bristles, countwheel, with internal teeth, to bell, the gilded plates joined by four square section pillars, the top potance in the form of a stylized sea monster, the backplate stamped ‘C.B.’ flanking a shield, possibly for Caspar Bohemus
11 in. (28 cm.) high; 4.3/8 in. (11 cm.) wide; 3.1/2 in. (8.9 cm.) deep
Provenance
Courtenay A. Ilbert (1888-1956) and by descent to
Michael Inchbald.
Michael Inchbald.
Literature
Britten’s Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers, Seventh Edition, 1956, p. 32, plate 16.
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Laetitia Delaloye
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