Bidspirit auction | MAGNIFICIENT PENDULUM CLOCK WITH DIANA

MAGNIFICIENT PENDULUM CLOCK WITH DIANA AND WATTEAU SCENES - MAGNIFICIENT PENDULUM CLOCK WITH DIANA AND WATTEAU SCENES. Meissen. Date: 18th century. Maker/Designer: Modelled by Johann Joachim Kaendler, Johann Gottlieb Ehder and Johann Friedrich Eberlein. Technique: Porcelain, enriched in polychrome and gold. Description: Baluster-shaped body on four volute feet, decorated with relief rocaille and reed leaves. Crowned by a fully sculpted figure of Diana with bow and quiver, accompanied by a hunting dog, sitting on a stylised shell. On the front and both narrow sides, depictions of gallant couples and a mother with children in a park. Measurement: Height 41.5cm. Mark: Blue crossed swords mark on unglazed base. On clockwork inscr. 'Medaille d'Argent Vincent et Cie 1855' as well as numbered '1117'. Restored. Provenance: Westphalian private collection. Literature: - Cf. Uhrgehäuse des gleichen Modells in Pietsch, Ulrich & Banz, Claudia (eds.): Triumph der blauen Schwerter - Meissener Porzellan für Adel und Bürgertum 1710-1815, exhib. cat. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden 2019, Leipzig 2010, p. 344f., cat.-no. 407. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction. Explanations to the Catalogue Meissen Germany Porcelain