THE MOVEMENT BY DAVID HAISERMANN, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1610

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A GERMAN SILVER TABLE CLOCK
THE MOVEMENT BY DAVID HAISERMANN, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1610
Modelled as the Virgin and Child, on a crescent moon and with a gilt crown with enamelled numerals, the Christ child holding a sceptre as the pointer, on ebonised base, each side later applied with plaque, three with scenes from the life of Christ, one glazed to show the two train movement with engraved standing barrels, verge balance wheel escapement and count wheel strike to bell, the plate stamped twice with maker's mark ‘DH’ in a shield
11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 1 December 1982, lot 107.

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Sale room notice

The plaques on the base are later and presumably replace glazed panels.

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Lot Essay

A comparable example with a movement by David Haisermann (c.1580-1612) with silver Madonna and Child and mark of Matthias Walbaum, circa 1620, with hexagonal ebony base is illustrated, K. Maurice, Die Deutsche Räderuhr, Munich, 1976, pl. 401. This example is described as circa 1620. A Madonna 'figurenuhr' (clock with figure) in a private American collection and another in a private Strasbourg collection, (see J. Abeler, Meister der Uhrmacherkunst, Auflage, 2010, p. 213).

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