auction house |
Polgar Auctionhouse |
date of auction |
d-m-Y H:i |
title of auction |
90th Christmas Art auction 2nd day: art, furniture and carpets |
date of exhibition |
2011. november 23- december 4-ig. |
auction contact |
+36 (1) 267 4077 | aukhaz@polgar-galeria.hu | www.polgar-galeria.hu |
link of auction |
https://axioart.com/aukcio/2011-12-06/90-karacsonyi-moveszeti-aukcio-2-nap-motargyak,-butorok-e |
303. item
A rare chiming longcase clock
The wooden case with copper decoration, 295 x 60 x 50 cm.
Roman and Arabic numerals on porcelain face.
Movement with three weights,
The first one makes the clock work, the second one makes the chiming mechanism strike on the hour and the third one (28 kg lead) makes the pneumatic mechanism work that makes the 26 wooden flutes play conducted by the removable system disk.
Circa 1730.
Able to work.