Clock, F. Zappeck, Prague, 1780-1820
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1780/1820
Vertical sundial, as a pendant clock, Bohemia around 1780/1820, brass, in the so-called 'baroque coat of arms shape', engraved on bothsides, rotatable month hand on the front with folding gnomon and month bands (lat.), on the back with hour division and signature: 'F. Zappeck (Prague)', numbers with recessed blacklacquer, height approx. 6cm, (almost identicalobject, with the same Signature in Vienna Museum and Lit.
Radko Kynol, Lexicon of Clocks, p. 34) left old - uncleaned, the gnomon on the hand is completely folded over (270 degrees) and shows the time on the other side with its shadow on the hour line. .
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- brass
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- height approx. 6cm; 6cm
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable; the text keeps only the listing's object facts (condition, price and sale wording removed). Attribution and measurements describe the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Candidate id
- inv-202840500
- Auction house
- Henry's Auktionshaus
- Listing object ID
- 202840500
Catalogue references
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Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and dating against a specialist reference; this entry documents one recorded example.