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AN AUSTRIAN SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL FIGURAL TABLE CLOCK AND SCENT BARREL

Lot 44
08.04.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
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$ 6 048
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1400712
Lot 44 | AN AUSTRIAN SILVER-GILT AND ENAMEL FIGURAL TABLE CLOCK AND SCENT BARREL
Estimate value
$ 4 000 – 6 000
The table clock on a domed base with winged putto head feet, painted with roundels enclosing allegorical figures spaced by applied masks, the stem formed as a standing figure with turban headpiece supporting the oval clock, the face decorated with varicolored foliate scrolls and with a rock crystal hinged door, the reverse painted with a further allegorical scene, with rooster-form finial, the scent barrel on a cruciform base painted with scrolling grapevine against a lavender ground and raised on four crowned bearded mask feet, with two fully modeled crowned figures supporting the barrel painted with classical scenes of merry making, one end with spigot, the top with removable finial formed as a seated figure with cup raised, the table clock marked on underside with maker's mark, the scent barrel marked with maker's mark throughout and additional control marks
81/8 in. (20.6 cm.) high, the table clock; 43/8 in. (11.1 cm.) long, the scent barrel
Medium:Enamel, Silver
Place of origin:Austria
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
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25.03.2025 – 08.04.2025
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