A FINE GERMAN HORIZONTAL TABLE CLOCK

Description:

by Beniamin Zoll (1681-1761), Danzig/Gdansk, ca. 1730
H. 7,5/D. 13,5 cm
An engraved, hexagonal, firegilt display bronze case with winged female herms and silver-plated lion feet. Silver-plated champlevé dial ring with Roman numerals, Arabic minute track and finely decorated iron hands, signed ‘Beniamin Zoll Danzig’. Fire-gilt, engraved spindle movement with openwork cock, silver regulating disc and repetition with striking on bell. Clock and movement in good condition, no guarantee of functionality. Traces of age.
Private Collection Bavaria
Lit. J. Abeler, Meister der Uhrmacherkunst, Wuppertal 2010; p. 619 (biography)