"Theseus and the Centaur" Empire-style Clock
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wood, carved, gilded and black stained, a rectangular base, a carved motif of rocks with a cylindrical box for the clockwork and depicting Theseus fighting the Centaur, an anchor escapement with a spring drive, a 1/4 hour spiral striker, a date dial and the drive controling the Centaur’s eye-blinking, a guilloche dial with an enamel circular ring with Arabic numerals and an illegible signature (....Prag?), a key, Bohemia or Austria, 1st quarter of the 19th century, height 59 cm, non-original gilding, functional, no guarantee of timekeeping accuracy, a non-functional drive that controls eye-blinking (Zí)
03.12.2016 - 14:00
- Estimate:
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CZK 100,000.-
- Starting bid:
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CZK 60,000.-
"Theseus and the Centaur" Empire-style Clock
wood, carved, gilded and black stained, a rectangular base, a carved motif of rocks with a cylindrical box for the clockwork and depicting Theseus fighting the Centaur, an anchor escapement with a spring drive, a 1/4 hour spiral striker, a date dial and the drive controling the Centaur’s eye-blinking, a guilloche dial with an enamel circular ring with Arabic numerals and an illegible signature (....Prag?), a key, Bohemia or Austria, 1st quarter of the 19th century, height 59 cm, non-original gilding, functional, no guarantee of timekeeping accuracy, a non-functional drive that controls eye-blinking (Zí)
| Auction: | Art and Antiques |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 03.12.2016 - 14:00 |
| Location: | Radisson Blu Alcron Hotel Prag |
| Exhibition: | 19.11. - 03.12.2016 |