Lot Essay
Carol (Carl) Schmidt (b. circa 1590 - d. 1635), son of Nikolaus Schmidt (the elder) and brother of Nikolaus Schmidt the younger, active from circa 1599, became master clockmaker in 1614.
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PROPERTY FROM THE ABBOTT-GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION (LOTS 225-277)
A GERMAN GILT-BRONZE, BRASS AND EBONY VENEERED STRIKING AUTOMATON FIGURAL TABLE CLOCK
CAROL SCHMIDT, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1620-30
Details
A GERMAN GILT-BRONZE, BRASS AND EBONY VENEERED STRIKING AUTOMATON FIGURAL TABLE CLOCK
CAROL SCHMIDT, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1620-30
Modeled as the Madonna and Child, her left arm rising at the strike of the hours, her right hand with pointer to the hour ring above, the base stamped 'EBEN' flanked by an Augsburg pinecone and possible case maker stamp 'DK'; the movement with gut fusee for time and plain fixed barrel for strike, hog's bristle balance, blued steel calibrated countwheel, fish-head hammer to bell in baseplate, signed to the bottom plate 'Carol Schmidt:'
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high, 6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) wide, 4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) diameter
CAROL SCHMIDT, AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1620-30
Modeled as the Madonna and Child, her left arm rising at the strike of the hours, her right hand with pointer to the hour ring above, the base stamped 'EBEN' flanked by an Augsburg pinecone and possible case maker stamp 'DK'; the movement with gut fusee for time and plain fixed barrel for strike, hog's bristle balance, blued steel calibrated countwheel, fish-head hammer to bell in baseplate, signed to the bottom plate 'Carol Schmidt:'
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high, 6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) wide, 4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) diameter
Provenance
The Percy Webster Collection; Sotheby & Co., London, 27 May 1954, lot 99 (sold to Asprey).
Purchased from Asprey, London, 29 August 1960.
Purchased from Asprey, London, 29 August 1960.
Literature
C. Vincent, Northern European Clocks in New York Collections, New York, 1972, p. 18.
K. Maurice, Die Deutsche Räderuhr, Band II, Munich, 1976, p. 57, fig. 397.
K. Maurice, Die Deutsche Räderuhr, Band II, Munich, 1976, p. 57, fig. 397.
Exhibited
Northern European Clocks in New York Collections, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 4 January – 28 March 1972, inv. no. 21. inventory label 'L.1971.93.1
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