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LARGE HORIZONTAL TABLE CLOCK

Lot 628
20.11.2025 10:00UTC +01:00
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AuctioneerVAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH
Event locationGermany, Köln
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ID 1488417
Lot 628 | LARGE HORIZONTAL TABLE CLOCK
Estimate value
€ 11 000 – 13 000
LARGE HORIZONTAL TABLE CLOCK.

Benner, Johannes. Augsburg

Date: Ca. 1650.
Technique: Fire-gilded copper, silver and silver-plated, blued steel, glass, etc.
Description: Large, square body on four gyro feet, with large windows on the sides. The top features
exquisite engravings of large flowers in the spandrels and leaf decor along the edges. The
dial has a silver ring with Roman hours and a slanted raised outer rim with Arabic minutes
and Roman quarter hours. In the centre is the alarm disc. Striking and alarm movement on
two bells below, spindle winding, fusee and chain, as well as two finely engraved spring
barrels. The back plate features finely engraved and pierced decorative elements, hammers
and spindle pistons.
Measurement: 11x17.5x17.5cm.
Mark: On the back plate: "Johannes Benner Aug" (1620-1659, Loomes p. 61).


Provenance:
- Chateau de Bourlemont. Collection of the Comtes d'Alsace, Princes d'Hénin.
- Private collection France.
- Christie's auction, Paris, 1st December 2016, lot 376.
- German private collection.
Auction house category:Clocks - Furnishings
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