A FINE SILVER CARRIAGE CLOCK

Estimated Value:

5.000 € - 8.000 €

Result:

11.007 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

Johann Michael Deis, Friedberg bei Augsburg, 18th century
D. 10,5 cm
Large openwork silver case, silver champlevé dial with Roman numerals, Arabic minute track, alarm disc and fine blued iron hands. Fire-gilded spindle movement with chain and fusee, alarm, silver-plated regulating discs and striking mechanism on bottom bell, signed JOHANN MICHAEL DEIS (born 1700, died 1786) FRIEDBERG. Total weight ca. 1135g. Slight signs of age, movement not tested.
Private collection, Bavaria, acquired in 1985 at Kunsthandel Neuse, Bremen
Lit. Albin Schaeder, The Watches from St. Mikael, 1747, p. 39 (on Joh. M. Deis)

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