Lot No. 45


A bronze table clock "Cupid and Psyche"


A bronze table clock "Cupid and Psyche" - Clocks, Metalwork, Faience, Folk Art, Sculptures +Antique Scientific Instruments and Globes

round Empire movement, spring-driven, power reserve: 1-2 days, Vienna 4/4 hour striking mechanism on bells, repeater function, enamel dial, inscribed: "Gessner in Wienn", cambered glazed bezel, steel clock hands with gilt points, gilt and dark green painted cast bronze clock case of later date, milled movement drum supported by 2 female hybrids, erotic scene depicting Cupid and Psyche, horizontal plinth with figural fittings in the manner of antiquity, 45 cm, 19th/20th Cent., traces of wear and tear, no warranty for precision of movement and functioning, 1 rod pendulum with slide, 1 key, (HP)

Specialist: Peter Hüttler Peter Hüttler
+43-1-515 60-293

peter.huettler@dorotheum.at

06.10.2014 - 15:00

Realized price: **
EUR 2,500.-
Estimate:
EUR 1,500.- to EUR 2,500.-

A bronze table clock "Cupid and Psyche"


round Empire movement, spring-driven, power reserve: 1-2 days, Vienna 4/4 hour striking mechanism on bells, repeater function, enamel dial, inscribed: "Gessner in Wienn", cambered glazed bezel, steel clock hands with gilt points, gilt and dark green painted cast bronze clock case of later date, milled movement drum supported by 2 female hybrids, erotic scene depicting Cupid and Psyche, horizontal plinth with figural fittings in the manner of antiquity, 45 cm, 19th/20th Cent., traces of wear and tear, no warranty for precision of movement and functioning, 1 rod pendulum with slide, 1 key, (HP)

Specialist: Peter Hüttler Peter Hüttler
+43-1-515 60-293

peter.huettler@dorotheum.at


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** Purchase price incl. charges and taxes

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