An Austrian carved giltwood grande sonnerie clock
Lot 489

An Austrian carved giltwood grande sonnerie clock

BY JOHANN SACHS, VIENNA, CIRCA 1800

Closed4 April 2012

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EUR 1,250

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An Austrian carved giltwood grande sonnerie clock
By Johann Sachs, Vienna, circa 1800
The white enamel dial with pierced and engraved ormolu hands, the case surmounted by an eagle and flanked by a vase and a female figure, representing Apollo and Venus, on a rocky base, the brass triple-barrel movement, signed Johann Sachs in Wien, with silk suspended pendulum and anchor escapement, striking on two bells; pendulum
55 cm. high