A GERMAN SILVERED METAL, TORTOISESHELL, PEWTER AND GILT BRONZE CLOCK. Maker unknown, probably Nuremberg, Germany, circa 1700...

Description

A GERMAN SILVERED METAL, TORTOISESHELL, PEWTER AND GILT BRONZE CLOCK
Maker unknown, probably Nuremberg, Germany, circa 1700
Unmarked
22-1/8 inches high (56.2 cm)

The clock in the form of a Teller Uhr with shaped brown tortoiseshell veneer case inlaid with pewter arabesque and scroll decoration, mounted on ebonized rectangular base with pewter stringing, raised on four gilt bronze paw feet, the shaped silvered metal face with repoussé hunting scenes amidst arabesque decoration separating metal hour and minute rings.


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