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Winterauktionen 24.–25.11.2023
«Augenwender» automaton frame clock «The First Kiss»
Black Forest around 1860/70. Wood, ebonised and partially gilt, brass, as well as oil on zinc sheet. Upright rectangular, glazed case, ebonised frame with gilt molding. Depiction of a pair of lovers, the young woman mischievously moving her glass eyes in pendulum rhythm. Enamel dial with Roman minute scale, cathedral hands. Metal spindled 24-hour wooden board movement striking on a coil gong.
H 37, W 32, D 13,5 cm. Pendulum and two weights.

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