Benjamin Zoll. EARLY HORIZONTAL MIXED MEDIA TABLE CLOCK IN ORIGINAL CASE

Lot 186
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Lot 186 | Benjamin Zoll. EARLY HORIZONTAL MIXED MEDIA TABLE CLOCK IN ORIGINAL CASE
Estimate value
€ 12 000 – 14 000
EARLY HORIZONTAL MIXED MEDIA TABLE CLOCK IN ORIGINAL CASE.

Zoll, Benjamin. Danzig

Date: Ca. 1740.
Technique: Case with leather on a wooden core. Clock fire-gilded brass, silver and silver-plated blued steel, glass, etc.
Description: The case with decorative nails along the upper edge and engraved hinge and lock fittings.
Hexagonal case on three feet in the shape of silver-plated lions, with pegs hanging down
between them. The sides each with glazed, medallion-shaped windows. Female busts on
acanthus consoles on the corners. Silver-plated, broad ring dial with Roman hours and
Arabic minutes on a finely engraved background. The blued steel hands finely pierced and
engraved. Hour striking mechanism on a bell at the bottom, going train with verge
escapement, fusee and chain. Rich movement decoration with engraved tendrils. The verge
escapement with Prussian eagle and the base plate are richly engraved.
Measurement: Case: 11,5x19x19cm. Watch: 9x15.5x15.5cm.
Mark: Marked 'Benjamin Zoll' on the top, below the XII. Marked 'BENIAMIN ZOLL DANTZIG' (active 1734-1759, Abeler p.619) on the back panel.
Enclosed: Key.


Provenance:
South German private collection.

Literature:
Abeler, Jürgen: Meister der Uhrmacherkunst, Wuppertal 2010, for the master see p.619.
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