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A late 17th/early 18th century German gilt brass quarter repeating octagonal table timepiece Wilhelm Koberle, Eichstatt
11 December 2019, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,812.50 inc. premium
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A late 17th/early 18th century German gilt brass quarter repeating octagonal table timepiece
Wilhelm Koberle, Eichstatt
The hexagonal case with six glazed oval apertures bordered by a moulded cornice and base on four toupie feet, and repeat plunger to the side, the 2.25 inch Roman and Arabic silvered chapter ring with a foliate centre, within a highly engraved border and steel hands, the hexagonal movement plates signed underneath Wilhelmus Koberle, E?ystett united by five tapered baluster pillars, the going train with chain fusee terminating in a verge balance wheel escapement, silvered regulation dial, the two brass hammer heads with mythical creature heads, sounding on the inverted bell mounted to the underside on a shaped gilt brass bracket. Together with a brass winding key. 6cm (2ins) high
The hexagonal case with six glazed oval apertures bordered by a moulded cornice and base on four toupie feet, and repeat plunger to the side, the 2.25 inch Roman and Arabic silvered chapter ring with a foliate centre, within a highly engraved border and steel hands, the hexagonal movement plates signed underneath Wilhelmus Koberle, E?ystett united by five tapered baluster pillars, the going train with chain fusee terminating in a verge balance wheel escapement, silvered regulation dial, the two brass hammer heads with mythical creature heads, sounding on the inverted bell mounted to the underside on a shaped gilt brass bracket. Together with a brass winding key. 6cm (2ins) high
Footnotes
Provenance: Property from the Mark and Peter Dineley Collections
Wilhelm Koberle was active in Eichstatt between 1680-1715.
A similar example by Wilhelm Koberle of Eichstadt was sold as part of the Abbott Guggenheim Collection, Christies, New York, 28 January 2015, Lot 95.