IMPRESSIVE 'BLACK FOREST' OR SWISS CARVED WOOD MANTEL CLOCK, BRIENZ , ATTRIBUTED TO JOHANN HUGGLER SNR (1834-1912)
LATE 19TH CENTURY
£6,000
Auction: 24 September 2014 at 12:00 BST
Description
the ornately carved case in high relief depicting a bearded hunter holding a shot gun in his left hand and a culled chamois and fox draped over his right shoulder, seated on a tree trunk above the circular enamel Roman numeral dial, raised on a scrolled base carved with partridges, a rabbit and a mongoose amongst ferns, the eight-day movement striking on a bell
Dimensions
59cm wide, 75cm high