STAMPED S: WEHL, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1840

細節

A bronze and gilt-bronze mantle clock
stamped S: Wehl, St. Petersburg, circa 1840
The rectangular body with cut corners to the front angles, on four stylised scroll and foliate bracket feet, with lower foliate scroll mount and further applied with foliate scroll mounts to the angles around the circular gilt dial with black Roman chapter and pierced trefoil hands, the foliate scroll bezel surmounted by an urn of flowers, a band of guilloche gilding above, surmounted by a finely modelled figure of a lady holding a fan and with a basket of flowers, the movement with twin spring barrels, recoil escapement with silk suspended pendulum, hour and half hour strike on a bell, the backplate stamped Douillon Honorle à St. Nicholas, movement French circa 1860/70, maker's stamp on reverse of lower mount
17½ in. (44.7 cm.) high

注意事項

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

The clock is a fine example of the work of the studio of Samuel Wehl, one of the most well-reputed makers of bronze clock cases in St. Petersburg in the first half of the 19th Century. Wehl's clocks were often inspired by French models and his name became synonymous with premium quality. The clocks were much sought after by the wealthy Russians and were executed in a wide range of models to suit different tastes and rooms.
(for more information see 'Bronze worker Samuel Weil by Appointment to the Imperial Court', Antikvariat, 2005, no.7-8 (29) pp.38-49.)