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    31 March - 1 April 2009

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    Lot 287

    A GERMAN POLYCHROME PAINTED STRIKING ZAPPLER WALL CLOCK

    18TH CENTURY; DIAL AND MOVEMENT PROBABLY ASSOCIATED

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    EUR 2,000

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    EUR 1,000 - EUR 1,500

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    A GERMAN POLYCHROME PAINTED STRIKING ZAPPLER WALL CLOCK
    18TH CENTURY; DIAL AND MOVEMENT PROBABLY ASSOCIATED
    The case with side doors, rear plate with suspension hook and stabilisers, the circular dial painted with the Virgin and Child to the arch, brass hands and alarm disc, the short duration steel posted frame two train movement with brass wheelwork, verge escapment, countwheel strike and alarm on bell above; four later iron weights
    31 cm. high

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