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PROBABLY AUGSBURG. BASICALLY LATE 16TH CENTURY
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A GERMAN ENGRAVED GILT-BRASS TURM-UHR
PROBABLY AUGSBURG. BASICALLY LATE 16TH CENTURY
The case with domed top engraved with arabesques and surmounted by finial of a trumpeting figure, centred by a projecting figure holding orb and sceptre, with leaf mounts to the angles terminating in male busts with animal legs, the detachable side panels applied with relief mounts cast respectively as a maiden with a book standing on swans and the Muse of Music, the section below with grotesque masks to the angles and pierced panels cast with male half profiles and with figures of devils around a herm, above spreading base with drapery swag mounts and resting on devil-headed scroll feet, dials with chapter ring calibrated I-XII and 13-24 and with alarm ring calibrated 1-12, the movement of iron and framed by four baluster pillars, twin fusees with barrels, verge escapement and strike on bell to underside; the movement probably associated, adaptations
30 cm. high
PROBABLY AUGSBURG. BASICALLY LATE 16TH CENTURY
The case with domed top engraved with arabesques and surmounted by finial of a trumpeting figure, centred by a projecting figure holding orb and sceptre, with leaf mounts to the angles terminating in male busts with animal legs, the detachable side panels applied with relief mounts cast respectively as a maiden with a book standing on swans and the Muse of Music, the section below with grotesque masks to the angles and pierced panels cast with male half profiles and with figures of devils around a herm, above spreading base with drapery swag mounts and resting on devil-headed scroll feet, dials with chapter ring calibrated I-XII and 13-24 and with alarm ring calibrated 1-12, the movement of iron and framed by four baluster pillars, twin fusees with barrels, verge escapement and strike on bell to underside; the movement probably associated, adaptations
30 cm. high
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