AN AUSTRIAN EBONIZED AND PARCEL-GILT CARVED WOOD 'PENDULE AU BON SAUVAGE' WITH GRAND SONNERIE, CALENDAR AND BLINKING EYES 'AUGENWENDE' AUTOMATON
VIENNA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The case modelled as bails of tobacco surmounted by a female figure of a Native American wearing a feathered headdress and holding aloft a bird of prey, brass dial with engine turned centre, white enamel Arabic chapter- and calendarring, blued steel hands, pull repeat to the side next to 4, triple barrel movement with grand sonnerie strike on two bells, anchor escapment; pendulum
63 cm. high
AN AUSTRIAN EBONIZED AND PARCEL-GILT CARVED WOOD 'PENDULE AU BON SAUVAGE' WITH GRAND SONNERIE, CALENDAR AND BLINKING EYES 'AUGENWENDE' AUTOMATON
VIENNA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The case modelled as bails of tobacco surmounted by a female figure of a Native American wearing a feathered headdress and holding aloft a bird of prey, brass dial with engine turned centre, white enamel Arabic chapter- and calendarring, blued steel hands, pull repeat to the side next to 4, triple barrel movement with grand sonnerie strike on two bells, anchor escapment; pendulum
63 cm. high
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