CIRCA 1880, TWO PLAQUES ON THE BASE INSCRIBED 1732 AND 1584 TO THE REVERSE, SEVEN PORCELAIN PANELS SIGNED J. HOSS, THE MOVEMENT WITH STAMPED CROWN, ANCHOR AND GB MONOGRAM FOR GUSTAVE BECKER, CIRUCLAR MEDAILLE D'OR MARK AND 325417

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A VIENNA STYLE PORCELAIN MOUNTED GILTWOOD LONGCASE CLOCK
CIRCA 1880, TWO PLAQUES ON THE BASE INSCRIBED 1732 AND 1584 TO THE REVERSE, SEVEN PORCELAIN PANELS SIGNED J. HOSS, THE MOVEMENT WITH STAMPED CROWN, ANCHOR AND GB MONOGRAM FOR GUSTAVE BECKER, CIRUCLAR MEDAILLE D'OR MARK AND 325417
Surmounted by a square stepped pediment with a circular porcelain dial depicting putti, the front, four side panels and two columns all painted with mythological scenes or classical maidens in the manner of H. Zatzka, on a gadrooned plinth, above a rectangular base set with three plaques painted after Zatzka, the front with an oval panel painted with "A Fisherman's Delight", on conforming spreading base and four bun feet
76 ½ in. (194.5 cm.) high; 17 ½ in. (44.4 cm.) wide; 15 in. (38 cm.) deep

Provenance

Property from a Santa Barbara Estate; Christie's, London, 24 February 2000, lot 174.

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Lot Essay

Hans Zatzka, Austrian (1859-1945).

For a strikingly similar example also signed J. Hoss, see Christie's, New York 24 April 2003, lot 319.

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