Lot 14
  • 14

A carved beech trumpeter wall timepiece, Emilian Wehrle, Black Forest Germany, circa 1890

Estimate
1,800 - 2,500 GBP
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Description

  • Emilian Wehrle
  • 90cm. 35½in. high
7½-inch dial with applied numerals, the two train brass plated weight driven movement with anchor escapement, the trumpeter mechanism released at every hour and playing a tune on four brass trumpets, the bellows mounted above and applied with a printed paper plaque signed EW Co. Fabrik Marke, the chalet style case with stag and vine leaf cresting, a pair of doors below the dial opening at the hour to reveal the replaced trumpeter figure, pierced inspection doors to the sides and further decorated with carved leaf and scroll mounts