A Meissen (punkt) flower-encrusted clock case and stand, circa 1770
A Meissen (punkt) flower-encrusted clock case and stand, circa 1770, modelled en rocaille, the clock case set with a later timepiece movement with enamelled dial with Arabic numerals in black and Roman numerals in blue, blue crossed swords mark and dot in underglaze-blue and painter's numeral 17. in purple to both, 45cm high overall
Note: J.J. Kaendler lists this model in his work records for July 1766 for Johann Georg, Chevalier de Saxe (1704-74), an illegitimate son of Augustus the Strong and Fürstin Lubomirska. Another example of this rare clock case model and stand was in the Hermann Emden collection, Hamburg, sold by Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin, 3-7 November 1908, lot 600.
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Restoration to extremities, flowers etc. Also the scroll legs of the clock case.
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A Meissen (punkt) flower-encrusted clock case and stand, circa 1770, modelled en rocaille, the clock case set with a later timepiece movement with enamelled dial with Arabic numerals in black and Roman numerals in blue, blue crossed swords mark and dot in underglaze-blue and painter's numeral 17. in purple to both, 45cm high overall
Note: J.J. Kaendler lists this model in his work records for July 1766 for Johann Georg, Chevalier de Saxe (1704-74), an illegitimate son of Augustus the Strong and Fürstin Lubomirska. Another example of this rare clock case model and stand was in the Hermann Emden collection, Hamburg, sold by Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin, 3-7 November 1908, lot 600.
Condition Report:
Restoration to extremities, flowers etc. Also the scroll legs of the clock case.