A BLACK FOREST TOLE-PEINTE FIGURAL TIMEPIECE
Lot 501

A BLACK FOREST TOLE-PEINTE FIGURAL TIMEPIECE

MID-19TH CENTURY

Closed19 September 2013

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GBP 3,000

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A BLACK FOREST TOLE-PEINTE FIGURAL TIMEPIECE
MID-19TH CENTURY
CASE: modelled as a clock pedlar, carrying a clock on his back and functioning timepiece to his chest, carrying pendulums in one hand, a walking stick in the other, on painted wooden plinth DIAL: the white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic quarter marks MOVEMENT: the single train timepiece movement with silk suspension, with pendulum
14¾ in. (37.4 cm.) high; 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) wide; 5 in. (12.7 cm.) deep

Probably acquired at St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, on 27 July 1926.