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Hotel Noga Hilton, Nov 14, 2004

LOT 312

Johann Gottlieb, Thÿm, circa 1730. Fine gilt bronze quarter striking horizontal table clock with pull quarter-repeating.

C. On satyr?s feet, glazed sides with silvered frames, masks on each corner, molded base with hinged bell bracket, engraved top. D. Silvered ring, radial Roman numerals, outer arcaded minute divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, whole on engraved gilt plate, center with later silvered plate engraved ?1705?, two (later) movement holding screws. Steel pierced hands. M. Square, 69 x 69 mm, gilt brass, fusee and chain, fixed striking barrels, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, striking on a bell.Movement signed.Dim. 95 x 95 mm.