Lot 282
Rare and Unusual Austrian Gilt, Silvered and Enamelled Metal Automaton Mantel Clock, 1857
Lot 282 Details
Rare and Unusual Austrian Gilt, Silvered and Enamelled Metal Automaton Mantel Clock, 1857
memento mori school, the striking mechanism activating a spider scurrying around dial, skull’s jaw and snakes which emerge from eye sockets, the case monogrammed FT and dated
height 16.25" — 41.3 cm.
Estimate $2,000-$3,000