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A Meissen rococo clock case, circa 1745 image 1
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Lot 124

A Meissen rococo clock case, circa 1745

18 June 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£4,000 - £6,000

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A Meissen rococo clock case, circa 1745

Raised on four gilt scroll feet, the front moulded with gilt scrollwork with reeds and gilt shells flanking the clock above a landscape panel with applied flower swag depicting elegant figures, against a gilt trellis ground, the top scroll surmounted by a figure of Flora attended by a cupid, the sides with recessed panels finely painted with similar scenes of elegant figures and buildings in landscapes, the top further embellished with gilt foliate scrollwork, the back with a pierced metal door, the mechanism signed 'LUIS KNAUS/ à DARMSTAD', 40cm high, crossed swords mark in blue, impressed numeral (some restoration)

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Johann Louis Knauss was active between circa 1730 and 1770: it is recorded that he made a "magnificent musical automata clock with silver mounts, known as the Maria Theresa clock in 1745."

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