Courtener A Strasbourg, circa 1810
Vente aux enchères - Antiquorum N°181 - 15 octobre 1989 - Lot N°293

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Courtener A Strasbourg, circa 1810
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Vente aux enchères
Antiquorum N°181
15 octobre 1989
Lot N°293

Courtener A Strasbourg, circa 1810. Fine gilt and blacked bronze hour and half hour striking clock depicting: "la nourrice Africaine".
  • CHF40 000 - 50 000
  • CHF 48 300


The movement is set in the faggot carried on the head by the negress with enamelled eyes and bearing hearings, a baby in a cradle hung around her neck. Gilt bronze base. White enamel dial with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. Round move-ment with going barrels, anchor escapement, short pendulum with a silk suspension. Striking on a bell with a count wheel on the back plate. In very good condition. Dim. 41 x 25 x 12 cm.
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