A GERMAN ENGRAVED GILT-BRASS AND COPPER STRIKING AND AUTOMATON LION CLOCK
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A GERMAN ENGRAVED GILT-BRASS AND COPPER STRIKING AND AUTOMATON LION CLOCK

PHILIPP MILLER (THE OLDER OR YOUNGER), CIRCA 1580/90

已結束2015年1月28日

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A GERMAN ENGRAVED GILT-BRASS AND COPPER STRIKING AND AUTOMATON LION CLOCK
PHILIPP MILLER (THE OLDER OR YOUNGER), CIRCA 1580/90
The lion shown rampant with staff to right forepaw and bearing a shield to the left, with hours shown to the twice 12 hour rings with touch pieces, the arms of Abbott Gangenrieder below and makers monogram 'F M' in a heart-shaped shield, the chased and repoussé ground with subsidiary alarm disc, with touch pieces, and regulation disc, with Apostle figures of St. Peter and St. Paul (?) each concealing a winding square, the eyes, jaw, tongue and foreleg move at the hour; the steel movement plates joined by plain pillars with brass barrels and fusees, balance with spring and verge escapement, the bottom plate with countwheel and strike to bell
13 3/8 in. (34 cm.) high, 10 in. (25.5 cm.) wide, 12 in. (30.5 cm.) deep

Abbott Gangenrieder, Thierhaupten Monastery, Augsburg.

專家說明

Philipp Miller, the elder, (b. circa 1538 - d. after 1590), active from about 1550.
Philipp Miller, the younger, (b. circa 1550-51 - d. before 1619), active from 1587.
Claire Vincent (op cit) notes that the naturalistic designs combined with the 'latest' strapwork ornament resemble closely the engravings of Theodore de Bry (1528-98).