A rare South German "telleruhr" clock in the original case - image-1 A rare South German "telleruhr" clock in the original case - image-2 A rare South German "telleruhr" clock in the original case - image-3 A rare South German "telleruhr" clock in the original case - image-4

Lot 833 D α

A rare South German "telleruhr" clock in the original case

Auction 1117 - overview Cologne
16.11.2018, 10:30 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
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A rare South German "telleruhr" clock in the original case

Walnut veneer case and glazed engraved brass dial with blackened tin numerals. Eight-day movement with freestanding barrel and turning cog, verge escapement and cow's tail pendulum, countwheel with repetition and half-hourly strike on a bell. Engraved with the dates of previous repairs to the plate, unsigned. The finial lacking. H 62, W 39.3 cm.
1st half 18th C.

Literature

A similar clock in the collection of the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum published in: Maurice, Die deutsche Räderuhr, vol. II, Munich 1976, no. 761.