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A late Gustavian porhyry, ormolu portico clock by P. H. beurling (watchmaker in Stockholm 1783-1806).

Estimate
100 000 - 120 000 SEK
8 950 - 10 700 EUR
8 980 - 10 800 USD
Hammer price
105 000 SEK
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Alexander Johansson
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Alexander Johansson
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A late Gustavian porhyry, ormolu portico clock by P. H. beurling (watchmaker in Stockholm 1783-1806).

The Blyberg porphyry from Älvdalen porphyry works. The bronzes attributed to Fredric Ludvig Rung (1758-1837, royal court chaser 1779, master girdlemaker 1788). The clock case with a decoration of Pandora with her box, supported by flanking obelisks with ornaments of lion masks and trophy bundles, white enamel dial with Arabic numerals signed "Beurling Stockholm". Full and half-hour strike and repeating function. Length 32, width 12.5, height 47 cm. Pendulum and key included.

Literature

Elis Sidenblad (ed.) Watchmakers in Sweden during earlier times, NM's proceedings 28: Stockholm, 1947), p. 33; Gunnar Pipping (ed.) Watchmakers and clocks in Sweden and Finland, (Norstedt, Stockholm, 1995), p. 207.