Lot 108
An early 19th century Austrian ormolu quarter striking travel clock with alarm Gussner, Vienna
11 July 2018, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £5,000 inc. premium
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An early 19th century Austrian ormolu quarter striking travel clock with alarm
Gussner, Vienna
The drum shaped case surmounted by a ring handle in the form of a crescent moon with 'Man in the Moon' cast detail, the band with applied stars and the rear cover pierced with apertures in the forms of signs of the zodiac, raised on lions paw feet, the 3.25 inch white enamel circular dial with outer minute band and Arabic numerals with spade hands and an alarm pointer, the four-train circular movement wound through the dial, with striking the quarters and the hours on a pair of coiled steel gongs and striking the alarm on a bell 18cms (7ins) high.
The drum shaped case surmounted by a ring handle in the form of a crescent moon with 'Man in the Moon' cast detail, the band with applied stars and the rear cover pierced with apertures in the forms of signs of the zodiac, raised on lions paw feet, the 3.25 inch white enamel circular dial with outer minute band and Arabic numerals with spade hands and an alarm pointer, the four-train circular movement wound through the dial, with striking the quarters and the hours on a pair of coiled steel gongs and striking the alarm on a bell 18cms (7ins) high.
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The type of handle is illustrated by Peter Fritsch, Wiener Reiseuhren (2010), p 61.
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