Lot Essay
Georg Christoph Lutzenberger (b. circa 1600 - d. 1660), active from circa 1620. He was apprenticed to Andreas Stahel from 1605 (see lots 8 and 31).
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GEORG CHRISTOPH LUTZENBERGER, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1620/30
Details
A GERMAN ENGRAVED GILT-BRASS AND EBONY QUARTER-STRIKING TABLE CLOCK WITH ALARM
GEORG CHRISTOPH LUTZENBERGER, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1620/30
The ebony plinth with frieze drawer and impressed pine cone and 'EBEN' marks, the hour dial with central alarm disc, quarter dial below, oval glazed side panels, rear with hour and quarter dials; the brass posted movement with two plain fixed barrels for strike, alarm to side, chain fusee time, later brass balance, signed to the movement 'Ge: Cri. Lustenberg / Aug.', striking two bells to the tower
14 in. (35.5 cm.) high, 8 ¾ in. (22.5 cm.) square
GEORG CHRISTOPH LUTZENBERGER, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1620/30
The ebony plinth with frieze drawer and impressed pine cone and 'EBEN' marks, the hour dial with central alarm disc, quarter dial below, oval glazed side panels, rear with hour and quarter dials; the brass posted movement with two plain fixed barrels for strike, alarm to side, chain fusee time, later brass balance, signed to the movement 'Ge: Cri. Lustenberg / Aug.', striking two bells to the tower
14 in. (35.5 cm.) high, 8 ¾ in. (22.5 cm.) square
Literature
C. Vincent, Northern European Clocks in New York Collections, New York, 1972, p. 16.
K. Maurice, Die deutsche Räderuhr, Band II, Munich, 1976, p. 27, fig. 144.
K. Maurice, Die deutsche Räderuhr, Band II, Munich, 1976, p. 27, fig. 144.
Exhibited
Northern European Clocks in New York Collections, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 4 January – 28 March 1972, inv. no. 7, Inventory label L.1971.93.22.
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