19TH CENTURY

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A BLACK FOREST POLYCHROME PAINTED METAL PEDLAR TIMEPIECE
19TH CENTURY
Of typical form, mounted on a wooden plinth base, the figure carrying a detachable painted dial wall clock with white enamel Roman chapter disc, hinged door to the reverse revealing the single barrel timepiece with silk suspension; pendulum
37 cm. high overall

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Lot Essay

For related clocks see:
Derek Roberts, Mystery, Novelty & Fantasy Clocks, Schiffer, 1999, p.160, fig.14-11.
And K. Sluyterman, Huisraad en binnenhuis in Nederland, 's-Gravenhage, 1947, p. 325, fig. 429.
O. Habinger, 'Uhrenmännchen des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts', Alte Uhren, July 1980, nr. 3, pp. 236-238

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