AN AUSTRIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONISED AND GILTWOOD MANTEL CLOCK, the circular glazed, enamelled dial with Arabic numerals signed Wenzel Sudeh in Kuttenberg, the whole set into a drum standing upon a rocky pierced plinth with Indian-mask pendulum, flanked by a standing figure of a native with mechanical eyes holding a bow and with feathered headdress, on a rectangular base with spreading foliate collar and claw feet, numbered RS21093HH and N2007, early 19th Century, restoration
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AN AUSTRIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONISED AND GILTWOOD MANTEL CLOCK, the circular glazed, enamelled dial with Arabic numerals signed Wenzel Sudeh in Kuttenberg, the whole set into a drum standing upon a rocky pierced plinth with Indian-mask pendulum, flanked by a standing figure of a native with mechanical eyes holding a bow and with feathered headdress, on a rectangular base with spreading foliate collar and claw feet, numbered RS21093HH and N2007, early 19th Century, restoration
17½in. (44.5) wide; 23½in. (60cm.) high
Lot Essay
A related Austrian mantel clock, signed Peter Rai in Wien, was sold anonymously Sotheby's Monaco, 25 October 1981, lot 52