German one handed Renaissance clock watch Circa 1575
- Kenmerk
- AD0093
- Diameter
- 67 mm
- Estimate
- € 30.000 - 60.000
- Price sold
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Firegilt brass Renaissance verge clockwatch presumably Augsburg
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A German firegilt brass one handed Renaissance verge clockwatch of museum quality with wheel balance and stackfreed, circa 1575.
Gilt brass full plate movement, iron train, open barrel, stackfreed, verge escapement, iron balance and hog’s bristle.
Gilt brass dial, chapter ring with inlaid Roman hours I – XII and Arabic hours 13 – 24.
Cover for the dial flamboyantly decorated with open work floral gold fillets with caryatids and winged lions, the intricately ornamented base equally striking with countless caryatids and laughing devil masks, the open work floral band shows different animals: hare, fox, bear, stag and unicorn. Case with rich open work floral engraving, decorated with flowers, foliage, fruit, animal motifs and carytids, the top with spoke shaped open work detail showing the hours.
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Diameter: 67 mm
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Weight: 234 g
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Signed: No name


















