AN AUGSBURG PARCEL-GILT MARBLE AND GOLDSTONE-MOUNTED IVORY, TORTOISESHELL AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID EBONY CABINET CLOCK ON TURN-TABLE BASE - photo 1
AN AUGSBURG PARCEL-GILT MARBLE AND GOLDSTONE-MOUNTED IVORY, TORTOISESHELL AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID EBONY CABINET CLOCK ON TURN-TABLE BASE - photo 2
AN AUGSBURG PARCEL-GILT MARBLE AND GOLDSTONE-MOUNTED IVORY, TORTOISESHELL AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID EBONY CABINET CLOCK ON TURN-TABLE BASE - photo 3
AN AUGSBURG PARCEL-GILT MARBLE AND GOLDSTONE-MOUNTED IVORY, TORTOISESHELL AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID EBONY CABINET CLOCK ON TURN-TABLE BASE - photo 4
AN AUGSBURG PARCEL-GILT MARBLE AND GOLDSTONE-MOUNTED IVORY, TORTOISESHELL AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID EBONY CABINET CLOCK ON TURN-TABLE BASE - photo 5

AN AUGSBURG PARCEL-GILT MARBLE AND GOLDSTONE-MOUNTED IVORY, TORTOISESHELL AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID EBONY CABINET CLOCK ON TURN-TABLE BASE

Lot 358
09.04.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
Classic
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£ 40 320
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 358 | AN AUGSBURG PARCEL-GILT MARBLE AND GOLDSTONE-MOUNTED IVORY, TORTOISESHELL AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID EBONY CABINET CLOCK ON TURN-TABLE BASE
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
The case fully rotating on a plinth with long drawer banded by ripple mouldings and fronted by three panels within giltwood frames, portraying panoramic cityscapes flanking a portrait of a bearded man, and designed in three tiers above:

THE UPPER SECTION: flanked by broken arches and giltwood-bordered scroll volutes, the pediment formerly supporting a finial and centred by a panel inscribed1679, the clock dial with engraved foliate spandrels to an engraved silver XII-hour chapter ring with inner twice-12 ring, central gilt-brass world time disc engraved with twenty-four locations around Germania, single steel hand, the movement with rectangular plates joined by four baluster pillars secured with nuts on the back plate, with chain and fusee for the going train and spring barrel for the strike train, foliate pierced and engraved cock to verge escapement with plain steel balance, conforming cock for the strike train set up, calibrated countwheel for strike on bell via lionhead hammer, the bell set within the hinged rear cover, signed on the back plate Elias Weckherlin/Augsburg, secured in the case by two blued steel turn catches;

THE MIDDLE SECTION: also flanked by broken arches and giltwood-bordered scroll volutes, with marble and goldstone pilasters conforming to those below, flanking architectural niches and with red tortoiseshell and ivory tiling leading to a copper panel painted with a memento mori skeleton scene; reversing to a garlanded painter figure before classical ruins, with a line of ten goldstone panels above; the rear of the case with two doors panelled with Chinoiserie scenes of walled cities and with further exotic figures emblematic of the Continents to their insides, set with a silk lined needlework rack;

LOWER SECTION: to each side two salmon-pink marble pilasters with giltwood capitals flank architectural niches with scallop-shell upper mouldings, flanking in turn receding goldstone pilasters and a red tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl tiled floor leading to a painted copper panel depicting a gentleman holding a basket before a courtyard scene, inscribed Aprilis, reversing to a scene showing a fishmonger smoking a pipe and inscribed Martius, with a line of ten goldstone panels above, a secret drawer to each side; both sides of the case with panels detaching to reveal four drawers; the reverse of the case with two turned columns flanking mock niches with wood panels painted with busts on pedestals with pseudo-Chinese inscriptions, the centre with two doors with applied foliate scroll mouldings and with Chinoiserie pagoda scenes painted on wood panels, opening to reveal further panels painted with landscapes with exotic figures emblematic of the Continents on their inner sides and an interior fitted with a detachable mirror, which removes to reveal a secret box behind the male portrait
36 in. (91.5 cm.) high; 27 in. (69 cm.) wide; 13½ in. (34 cm.) deep
Place of origin:Germany
Auction house category:Clocks - Furnishings
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
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26.03.2025 – 09.04.2025
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