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AN UNUSUAL BLACK FOREST CARVED AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED WOOD AUTOMATON TURK CLOCK PEDLAR TIMEPIECE (SCHNAPPUHR)

FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

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AN UNUSUAL BLACK FOREST CARVED AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED WOOD AUTOMATON TURK CLOCK PEDLAR TIMEPIECE (SCHNAPPUHR)
FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
The turbanned figure with eyes and jaw moving periodically to the beat of the escapement, the clock to his front with enamel Roman dial and trefoil hands, single barrel movement with anchor escapement; key, pendulum
42 cm. high

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Christie's charge a premium to the buyer on the final bid price of each lot sold at the following rates: 23.8% of the final bid price of each lot sold up to and including €150,000 and 14.28% of any amount in excess of €150,000. Buyers' premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Derek Roberts, Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks, Pennsylvania, 1999, p.158, fig.14-8.
A schnappuhr of closely related design (a red Indian) was sold Sotheby's Amsterdam, The Toebosch Collection, Important Clocks, Furniture and Good Decorations, 11 April 2005, lot 198.

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