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A RENAISSANCE GILT-BRASS AUTOMATON MONSTRANCE TABLE CLOCK, PROBABLY STUTTGART, CIRCA 1570 AND LATER

Lot Closed

May 20, 12:06 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A RENAISSANCE GILT-BRASS AUTOMATON MONSTRANCE TABLE CLOCK, PROBABLY STUTTGART, CIRCA 1570 AND LATER


Movement: steel movement with open springs, verge escapement and later pendulum, numbered locking ring striking on a bell, the backplate with later engraved brass embellishments

Dial: 3-inch replaced dial

Case: drum case surmounted by a mythological male figure and supported on a baluster pillar and pierced domed base housing the bell, the splayed plinth repousee with leaves and with a standing automaton figure of a nobleman raising his sword as the bell is struck


height 28cm


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