PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY, THE ASSOCIATED MOVEMENT BY A. BANCK, JAROSLAN

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An Austro-Hungarian silver striking table clock
Probably 19th Century, the associated movement by A. Banck, Jaroslan
The repoussé case decorated with fruit designs and applied with leaf mounts, with glazed side panels and on bun feet, the dial with engraved Roman chapter ring and raised centre, blued steel Breguet hands, the associated movement with square plates joined by four pillars, twin barrels with platform lever escapement with bimetallic balance and strike on gong, signed A. Banck à Jaroslan, also applied with a plaque inscribed Repassirt/J Becker/St Petersburg, the hinged base with bell apertures
32 cm. wide

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Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Ernst Von Bassermann-Jordan & Hans von Bertele, Oude Klokken, Haarlem, 1974, p.133, fig.106
Klaus Maurice, Die deutsche Räderuhr, Munich, 1976, figs.605-608

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