A PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND ENAMEL TIMEPIECE, KARL BANK, VIENNA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
A PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND ENAMEL TIMEPIECE, KARL BANK, VIENNA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
the earlier movement, circa 1780, signed Eardley Norton, London, with Roman and Arabic numerals, the dial enamelled with cupids and a white dove in the heavens, surmounted by a finial cast as a young man in attack mode, draped in a blue shawl, the ornamented support flanked by an enamelled mermaid and merman, the sides, reverse and lobed base painted with mythological subjects and colourful arabesques on an ivory-coloured ground, maker's mark, Vienna control mark
19.3cm., 7⅝in. high
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Provenance:
The L.A. Mayer Memorial Institute, Jerusalem, inventory no. CL 45-06
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A PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND ENAMEL TIMEPIECE, KARL BANK, VIENNA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
the earlier movement, circa 1780, signed Eardley Norton, London, with Roman and Arabic numerals, the dial enamelled with cupids and a white dove in the heavens, surmounted by a finial cast as a young man in attack mode, draped in a blue shawl, the ornamented support flanked by an enamelled mermaid and merman, the sides, reverse and lobed base painted with mythological subjects and colourful arabesques on an ivory-coloured ground, maker's mark, Vienna control mark
19.3cm., 7⅝in. high
Condition Report:
To request a Condition Report, please contact Alexandra.Starp@sothebys.com
Provenance:
The L.A. Mayer Memorial Institute, Jerusalem, inventory no. CL 45-06
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