AN AUSTRIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONISED GRANDE-SONNERIE TABLE CLOCK
Property from a Private Greek Collection (lots 133-145)
AN AUSTRIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONISED GRANDE-SONNERIE TABLE CLOCK

AEGIDIUS WATHELE, PRAGUE, MID-18TH CENTURY

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AN AUSTRIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED EBONISED GRANDE-SONNERIE TABLE CLOCK
AEGIDIUS WATHELE, PRAGUE, MID-18TH CENTURY
CASE: the break-arch case with stylised flowering urn finials and flowers to top, pierced ormolu silk-backed frets above glazed panels to sides, with floral and rocaille mounts to door, on foliate scroll feet DIAL: the brass dial with silvered chapter ring, Roman hours, Arabic five minutes, the foliate-engraved centre with apertures for date and dummy pendulum, scrollwork spandrels, subisidiary dials for repetirt/repetirt nicht (repeat/no repeat), schlagt/schlagt nicht (strike/no strike) and month MOVEMENT: the three train grande-sonnerie movement with verge escapement, gut fusee on the going train and barrels for the striking trains, with trip repeat, the back plate signed and numbered Agidi Wathele Prag N.43; with winding key and case key
21½ in. (54.6 cm.) high; 13¾ in. (34.9 cm.) wide; 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) deep

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