A CENTRAL EUROPEAN POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND GILTWOOD MANTEL CLOCK , FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, THE MOVEMENT LATER

Sale 1455

THE DORIS DUKE COLLECTION

New York

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3 - 5 June 2004

Browse Sale

Lot 1187

A CENTRAL EUROPEAN POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND GILTWOOD MANTEL CLOCK

FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, THE MOVEMENT LATER

Price realised

USD 4,182

Estimate

USD 2,000 - USD 3,000

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A CENTRAL EUROPEAN POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND GILTWOOD MANTEL CLOCK
FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, THE MOVEMENT LATER
Carved as a pair of blackamoors holding aloft a cylindrical dial within a beaded drum-shaped case surmounted by an eagle, the later striking movement signed on the backplate Blatter Berne on a naturalistic rockwork base and a later canted rectangular foliate-carved giltwood plinth
22½ in. (57 cm.) high, 13½ in. (34 cm.) wide

Provenance

Gift from Mr. James Cromwell.
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Lot 1187

A CENTRAL EUROPEAN POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND GILTWOOD MANTEL CLOCK

FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY, THE MOVEMENT LATER

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