Lot 29

PRAGUE BAROQUE TABLE CLOCK

The rare Prague late Baroque clock with a playing machine consists of a blackened pear box with a mansard roof and side slides, which is complemented by brass figural and floral decorations (peepers, lion's paws). The brass decorated dial with Arabic and Roman numerals is held by an engraved gilt plate with baroque floral ornaments with silvered decorations at the corners. Below the watchmaker's signature is a date display, with a beating mechanism on the top for switching off and on, between which is a portrait miniature. Pendulum decorated with cut glass. Clock movement with quarter beating. Inside the clock box two bells and a toy movement. Machine designed to be adjusted by a watchmaker.