A SILVER AND ENAMEL TIMEPIECE, HERMANN BÖHM, VIENNA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

A SILVER AND ENAMEL TIMEPIECE, HERMANN BÖHM, VIENNA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

the earlier movement crowned by a cast rooster finial and signed 'Caspar Kaufmann in Wien', circa 1800, with a colourfully enamelled dial with Roman numerals, on a stem in the form of an eagle with spread wings perched on a log, black enamel ground with gold ornaments, the inside painted with a rural landscape, the circular base and the reverse with classical subjects, maker's mark, Vienna control mark

18cm., 7⅛in. high

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Provenance:
L.A. Mayer Memorial Institute, Jerusalem, inventory no. CL 47-06