A brass horizontal table clock, Johann Gottfried Kriedel, German, circa 1750

拍品已结束竞投

January 17, 03:17 PM GMT

估价

3,000 - 4,000 GBP

拍品信息

描述

3-inch dial with matted centre (minute hand lacking), the movement with fusee to the verge and balance escapement, the striking train with standing barrel and striking on a bell mounted in the base, the backplate with pierced and engraved balance cock and signed Ledeirk, London, the hexagonal case with glazed side windows and winged paw feet

12cm. 4¾in. wide

This lot will be on view in our New Bond Street galleries on 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, 12^th, 15^th, 16^th and 17^th January 2024.

Johan Gottfried Kriedel, a German clockmaker from Bautzen in eastern Germany, is known to have signed some of his clocks using his name in reverse, Ledeirk. He also spuriously used London as the location in attempt to sell his clocks as English or to sell them to the English market.

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Veuillez noter que l'Article 12 des Conditions Générales de Vente applicables aux Vendeurs (Ventes Effectuées Exclusivement en Ligne) n'est pas applicable pour ce lot.