A GERMAN GILT-BRONZE AND BRASS STRIKING AND AUTOMATON BACCHUS CLOCK
HANS CHRISTOPH KREITZER OR KONRAD KREITZER, AUGSBURG, FIRST QUARTER 17TH CENTURY, LATER BASE
A GERMAN GILT-BRONZE AND BRASS STRIKING AND AUTOMATON BACCHUS CLOCK HANS CHRISTOPH KREITZER OR KONRAD KREITZER, AUGSBURG, FIRST QUARTER 17TH CENTURY, LATER BASE The figure of bacchus, with part polychrome surfaces, sitting astride a wine barrel holding a vine-wrapped staff to his left hand and a bottle to his right, with automaton features; his eyes moving with the balance spring, his right arm rising to his opening jaw at the hour, ebonised glazed hexagonal base raised on recumbent lion feet, the rear of barrel stamped 'C K' flanking an Augsburg pine cone mark and with strap engraved 'XXXX IIII', the barrel front with silvered twice XII dial, the foliate engraved base with quarters dial, both with enamel decoration; the movement with hexagonal steel top plate and brass bottom plate joined by steel pillars, twin gut fusees and plain steel spring balance, formerly with hog's hair regulation, bell and hinged base plate 12 in. (30.5 cm.) high, 8 in. (20.4 cm.) wide, 10 ½ in. (26.5 cm.) deep
A GERMAN GILT-BRONZE AND BRASS STRIKING AND AUTOMATON BACCHUS CLOCK
HANS CHRISTOPH KREITZER OR KONRAD KREITZER, AUGSBURG, FIRST QUARTER 17TH CENTURY, LATER BASE
A GERMAN GILT-BRONZE AND BRASS STRIKING AND AUTOMATON BACCHUS CLOCK HANS CHRISTOPH KREITZER OR KONRAD KREITZER, AUGSBURG, FIRST QUARTER 17TH CENTURY, LATER BASE The figure of bacchus, with part polychrome surfaces, sitting astride a wine barrel holding a vine-wrapped staff to his left hand and a bottle to his right, with automaton features; his eyes moving with the balance spring, his right arm rising to his opening jaw at the hour, ebonised glazed hexagonal base raised on recumbent lion feet, the rear of barrel stamped 'C K' flanking an Augsburg pine cone mark and with strap engraved 'XXXX IIII', the barrel front with silvered twice XII dial, the foliate engraved base with quarters dial, both with enamel decoration; the movement with hexagonal steel top plate and brass bottom plate joined by steel pillars, twin gut fusees and plain steel spring balance, formerly with hog's hair regulation, bell and hinged base plate 12 in. (30.5 cm.) high, 8 in. (20.4 cm.) wide, 10 ½ in. (26.5 cm.) deep
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