Lot 232
  • 232

A rare Hungarian silver-cased mantel clock, Michael Krempels, Hermanstadt (Nagyszeben), circa 1775

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • signed on backplate, base with case maker's mark ESW and 13
  • Silver
  • height 8 3/4 in.
  • 22.2cm
arched case topped by urns of foliage, white enamel dial with black roman numerals on gilt frontplate applied with silver swags and with strike/silent hand, sides chased with trophies of music, the back with a large martial trophy, the spring driven movement with fusee, striking and with pull repeat on a nest of two bells

Provenance

H.S. Wellby, London, 1967

Condition

a few leaves missing from urns, swags reattached to central urn, a click missing from backplate, base with some missing and replaced screws
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