Tabernacle clock with Radziwill coat-of-arms. Presumably Poland. Early 18th C.

Copper, gilt. Of square form with corner pilasters. Pierced crest. Circular Roman dial with Arabic hours. Pear-shaped front pendulum. The sides with circular glazings. The back with two apertures displaying quarter-hours and hours. Day clockwork with verge movement. Going train with chain and fusee. Striking quarter-hours and hours on separate bells with barrels. Height 24,5cm. Condition B/C. Back pendulum removed. Estimation : 14 000 €

Provenance:: Westphalian private collection.

Literature: Tardy Bd.3: Type comp. p.798, ill.3.
Coat-of-Arms: M. Gritzner (ed.). Die Fürsten des heiligen römischen Reiches
deutscher Nation, vol.4. Nürnberg 1887. p.226f.

Note: The house of Radziwill, since 1547 imperial princes of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, counts to the most important and influencial Polish families.

Vente du Samedi 22 novembre 2008. Mobilier, Porcelaine, Argenterie, Art Nouveau, Varia. Van Ham - Cologne - Allemagne