Lot Essay
This striking mantel clock, with its bold combination of bearded mask monopodia wrapped with Roman acanthus and speckled grey granite, typifies the taste for l'antique forms in the early 19th century.
First recorded in the 14th Century, Schloss Heimhausen was the residence of the Chancellor of Landshut, DR. Wolfgang Viespeck, who was elevated to the Reichsadel by Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria. The castle was remodelled in the style of an Italian villa by Giovanni Antonio Viscardi between 1689 and 1694 and was further extended in 1747-8 when Count Karl Ferdinand Maria commissioned Franois Cuvillis the elder to supply the designs. A pair of Louis-Philippe billiard benches from Schloss Heimhausen was sold Christie's London, 25 March 1999, lot 10.
First recorded in the 14th Century, Schloss Heimhausen was the residence of the Chancellor of Landshut, DR. Wolfgang Viespeck, who was elevated to the Reichsadel by Duke Albrecht V of Bavaria. The castle was remodelled in the style of an Italian villa by Giovanni Antonio Viscardi between 1689 and 1694 and was further extended in 1747-8 when Count Karl Ferdinand Maria commissioned Franois Cuvillis the elder to supply the designs. A pair of Louis-Philippe billiard benches from Schloss Heimhausen was sold Christie's London, 25 March 1999, lot 10.