A Carl Thieme figural porcelain clock
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Description
Late 19th century, Potschappel, Germany, with blue underglaze maker's marks for the Carl Thieme Saxonian Porcelain Factory, surmounted by the female personification of time standing atop a winged sphere over a pierced gilt-highlighted dome, over a waisted rocaille-molded case with pierced flower-adorned interstices, further decorated with male and female figures and an eagle modeled in the round, centering a white enameled clock face painted with black Arabic numeral hour markers, raised overall on a conforming hand-painted and flower-adorned porcelain plinth, overall: 24.25'' H x 9.375'' W x 5.75'' D, est: $3000/5000
Provenance: Private Collection, Van Nuys, CA
Provenance: Private Collection, Van Nuys, CA
Condition
Overall good condition, with scattered minor losses to applied flowers commensurate with age. Scattered restorations, including to three of figures' arms and one wing of upper sphere; additional repairs to one of eagle's feet. One figure lacking one hand; male figure with a loss to element in one hand. Two approximately .125'' nicks to verso edge of plinth. Winds, runs and stops; Moran's does not guarantee working condition of clocks and watches.
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A Carl Thieme figural porcelain clock
Estimate $3,000 - $5,000
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