A figural clock with "Bavarian lion" automaton. South German (Augsburg?), circa 1627 - photo 1
A figural clock with "Bavarian lion" automaton. South German (Augsburg?), circa 1627 - photo 2
A figural clock with "Bavarian lion" automaton. South German (Augsburg?), circa 1627 - photo 3
A figural clock with "Bavarian lion" automaton. South German (Augsburg?), circa 1627 - photo 4
A figural clock with "Bavarian lion" automaton. South German (Augsburg?), circa 1627 - photo 5
A figural clock with "Bavarian lion" automaton. South German (Augsburg?), circa 1627 - photo 6
A figural clock with "Bavarian lion" automaton. South German (Augsburg?), circa 1627 - photo 7

A figural clock with "Bavarian lion" automaton. South German (Augsburg?), circa 1627

Lot 67
20.03.2024 14:00UTC +01:00
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Starting price
€ 120 000
AuctioneerKunstauktionshaus Neumeister
Event locationGermany, München
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Lot 67 | A figural clock with "Bavarian lion" automaton. South German (Augsburg?), circa 1627
Estimate value
€ 130 000 – 150 000
A figural clock with "Bavarian lion" automaton
South German (Augsburg?), circa 1627
Profilierter achtseitiger Sockel mit seitlichen Voluten auf feuervergoldeten Tatzenfüßen. Darauf ein schreitender Löwe mit Krone, Szepter und bayerischem Wappenschild mit Datierung 1627. Silver dial embedded in the base, single-handed with Roman numerals, imitating silver dial with an opening for a cord to trigger the striking mechanism on the back. Brass clockwork with chain and fusee installed under a fire-gilt base plate. Verge escapement with cows tail pendulum (not original). Countwheel striking. Clockwork and automaton at the end of the 17th/18th changed, unrestored,



few additions to the wooden base. 36 x 30 x 18 cm.

additional: transport box

Zahlreiche Figurenuhren mit Löwendarstellungen aus dem 17. Jh. befinden sich in nationalen (z. B. Museum für angewandte Kunst, Leipzig, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Zweigmuseum Burg Trausnitz, Landshut) und internationalen Museen und Sammlungen. Hervorzuheben wären Wiederholungen der Uhr, welche im württembergischen Landesmuseum, Stuttgart, im Adler Planetarium, Chicago (nur die Löwenfigur), und im Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, verwahrt werden.

provenance: former collection of K. Messner, München.

Literatur: Maurice, Klaus, Die deutsche Räderuhr. Munich 1976, number 318.

We would like to thank Mr. Andreas Fritsch for his active support during the cataloguing of this clock.
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