PROBABLY LATE 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY AUSTRIAN

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A CONTINENTAL GILTWOOD AND PASTE BRILLIANT RACK CLOCK
PROBABLY LATE 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY AUSTRIAN
A white enamel dial inscribed in black 'Berian/London' and with Arabic chapters, encircled by clear and red cut-glass beads and set within a frame of carved husks with a bow-tied cresting centered by a portrait medallion of Emperor Joseph II of Austria, mounted on a giltwood case with bead and reel edges and leaf and berry carvings, surmounted by a graduated three-tier umbrella-form laurel leaf finial, with a white paper label inscribed in black ink 'V & A.7', also inscribed in black ink 'K50472 h4. Catole 865 24', the top finial possibly replaced
35 in. (89 cm.) high

Lot Essay

A similar model was sold Christie's London, 25 November 1998, lot 341.
A similar model is illustrated in A. Smith, The Country Life International Dictionary of Clocks, London, 1979, pp. 96, fig. 2.

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