Sold for:
4,800 CHF
4,800 CHF
Life on the River French. Made circa 1860. Fine, small, 8-day going, hour and half-hour striking clock painting. Gilt wood framed oil on canvas, featuring a river landscape with figures by an old cottage and a church, the tower of the church with the clock. White enamel, radial black Arabic numerals, outer minute track. Black trefoil hands. Circular, 88 cm, brass with going barrels both for the going and the striking trains, anchor escapement, inverted crutch, pendulum with silk suspension, striking on a coiled gong. Dim. 58 x 50 cm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-03-16
