Dutch Staartklok Automaton Wall Clock

An early 19th century Dutch Staartklok wall clock with Windmill and Fishermen automaton. 30-hour weight driven time, strike and alarm movement, painted metal dial with lower automatons and Roman numerals. Oak case with arched hood and hinged dial door, shaped brackets and shaped slide off pendulum cover with foliate lenticle. Older finish with some wear, replaced plinth blocks and finials (one Angel missing a wing), one cracked side glass on hood, running when cataloged. 50" high plus weight drop. ESTIMATE $600-800 NOTE: Copy and paste this link into your web browser to view a short video of the automaton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-pNR-57D5k

Dutch ”Staartklok” Wall Clock

Dutch "Staartklok" Wall Clock. 19th century Dutch "Staartklok" wall clock. Oak case with arched hood and three carved large giltwood figures above an arched door, turned ebonized quarter columns; a 30 hour weight driven time/strike/alarm movement with original painted tin dial and cast spandrels, the dial is painted with a military motif including an automaton of equestrian soldiers; shaped lower case with small pendulum window. Lacking weights, pendulum included. {Approximate dimensions: 64 high x 16 wide x 9 inches high.}>

German Automaton Dumpling Eater Wall Clock

Estimate:

[restrict paid=ture]$1,000 – $2,000[/restrict]

Auctioneer:

[restrict paid=ture]Schmidt’s Antiques Inc. Since 1911[/restrict]

Sold Price:

[restrict paid=ture]$2,000[/restrict]

Sold Date:

[restrict paid=ture]Oct 01, 2022[/restrict]

A turn of the 20th century German Black Forest wall clock with "Dumpling Eater" automaton. 30-hour weight driven time and strike automaton movement with Gong strike, porcelain dial with Roman numerals. Pine case with painted detail, upper carved wooden figure over a single door with hand painted frieze and porcelain pilasters above a shaped drop. Original finish with some wear, restored figure, running and functioning when cataloged. 26" high plus weight drop. ESTIMATE $1,000-2,000 NOTE: Copy and paste this link into your web browser to view a short video of the automaton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-pNR-57D5k

19th c. Dutch Staartklok oak clock, 51”h

Estimate:

[restrict paid=ture]$1,000 – $1,500[/restrict]

Auctioneer:

[restrict paid=ture]Great Gatsby’s Auction Gallery, Inc.[/restrict]

Sold Price:

[restrict paid=ture]$900[/restrict]

Sold Date:

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Dutch "Staartklok" oak clock, 19th century, having three floral painted shaped tin finials on a bonnet housing a painted dial displaying a moon dial, calendar, Roman numerals topped with alpha numerals in five minute increments, and having gilt mounts of goddesses in each corner, flanked by ebonized columns, all resting over a shaped lower case having a sliding tail cover with a pierced panel in the form of a gilded urn encasing the pendulum, 50.5"h x 16"w x 8.25"d.

Dutch Walnut and Marquetry Automaton Clock

Estimate:

[restrict paid=ture]$7,000 – $10,000[/restrict]

Auctioneer:

[restrict paid=ture]Neal Auction Company[/restrict]

Sold Price:

[restrict paid=ture]$11,500[/restrict]

Sold Date:

[restrict paid=ture]Jan 28, 2022[/restrict]

Fine Dutch Rococo Burl Walnut and Marquetry Automaton Tallcase Clock, early 18th c., silvered chapter ring signed "J.M. WEYGEL, AMSTELDAM", surmounted by a figure of Atlas holding the world, flanked by trumpeting angels, the dial with calendar aperture and subsidiary sweep second hand dial; below is a painted landscape with moon phase aperture, and automaton figures on swings and seesawing on a log; the pendulum window with gilt bronze surround, on ball and claw feet, h. 112 in., w. 30 1/2 in., d. 12 in Provenance: Dixon & Dixon, New Orleans, 1989

German Automaton Wall Clock

Estimate:

[restrict paid=ture]$400 – $600[/restrict]

Auctioneer:

[restrict paid=ture]Schmidt’s Antiques Inc. Since 1911[/restrict]

Sold Price:

[restrict paid=ture]$450[/restrict]

Sold Date:

[restrict paid=ture]Oct 01, 2022[/restrict]

A late 20th century German Black Forest Cuckoo wall clock with moving "Leopard Moving Eyes" automaton. 30-hour time and strike movement with Gong strike, porcelain dial with Roman numerals. Walnut case with scrolled crest over a single door and a lower frieze with fluted design. Original finish with some wear, running and functioning when cataloged. 24 1/2" high plus the weight drop. ESTIMATE $400-600