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Lot 162 Dα

A Neogothic cast iron table clock

Auction 1242 - overview Berlin
20.04.2024, 11:00 - The Berlin Sale
Estimate: 2.500 € - 3.500 €
Bid

A Neogothic cast iron table clock

Cast iron with greenish bronze patina, round gilded dial and movement on cast brass, blued iron hands, black Latin indices, thread suspension of the pendulum. Cast in several parts. H 34.8, W 13.5, D 8.7 cm.
Attributed to Royal Gleiwitz/Gliwice Iron Foundry, around 1825 - 35.

Provenance

Private collection, Potsdam.

Literature

Cf. Hintze, Gleiwitzer Eisenkunstguss, Breslau 1928, p. 69.

Cf. Mundt/Funke, Historismus. Kunsthandwerk und Industrie im Zeitalter der Weltausstellungen, Berlin 1973, cat. no. 44.

Cf. Arenhövel, Eisen statt Gold, Berlin 1982, cat. No. 466, Arenhövel mentions an identical model produced in the Carlshütte near Rendsburg.