Lot Essay
See lot 313 for a note on the Viennese maker Hermann Böhm. A similar, but slightly smaller tower timepiece was sold Christie's London, 24 February 2000, lot 31.
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BY HERMANN BÖHM, CIRCA 1880
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A Viennese silver and enamelled tower time-piece
By Hermann Böhm, Circa 1880
The pentagonal upper section surmounted by a female figure, above a dome and two tiers, the upper with figures set in niches, the lower inset with dials, each with a watch movement, supported on five columnar uprights and a cylindrical lower section with two tiers of roundels each depicting figures, on stepped base, rounded and arched plinth and paw feet, stamped HB and A to each foot
25½in. (65cm.) high
By Hermann Böhm, Circa 1880
The pentagonal upper section surmounted by a female figure, above a dome and two tiers, the upper with figures set in niches, the lower inset with dials, each with a watch movement, supported on five columnar uprights and a cylindrical lower section with two tiers of roundels each depicting figures, on stepped base, rounded and arched plinth and paw feet, stamped HB and A to each foot
25½in. (65cm.) high