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R. KUTTNER. CIRCA 1874
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A German or Austrian gilt-brass replica Renaissance tower clock
R. Kuttner. Circa 1874
The galleried top with rotunda pediment, its niches mounted with figures of dancing female nudes on plinths, with dentil cornices and lion mask mounts below, the front mount supporting an armorial, with foliate cast pilasters to the angles and side panels cast in high relief with scrolls against a stipple ground, with further lion mask mounts to the sides and angles below, the stepped base raised on hippogryph feet, the dial engraved with a Roman chapter ring and with inner Arabic ring numbered 13-24, a mock quarter strike ring below, the reverse with ornamental calendrical dials, the twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell, signed on the inside R. Kuttner 1874, now lacking front-swinging pendulum
19¼in. (49cm.) high
R. Kuttner. Circa 1874
The galleried top with rotunda pediment, its niches mounted with figures of dancing female nudes on plinths, with dentil cornices and lion mask mounts below, the front mount supporting an armorial, with foliate cast pilasters to the angles and side panels cast in high relief with scrolls against a stipple ground, with further lion mask mounts to the sides and angles below, the stepped base raised on hippogryph feet, the dial engraved with a Roman chapter ring and with inner Arabic ring numbered 13-24, a mock quarter strike ring below, the reverse with ornamental calendrical dials, the twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell, signed on the inside R. Kuttner 1874, now lacking front-swinging pendulum
19¼in. (49cm.) high
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.
This lot is offered without reserve.