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Wall clock "Memento Mori"
probably Tyrol, c. 1700
iron, painted; metal dial richly decorated with oil paint, with representations of the kingdom of heaven and the realm of the dead, Madonna and the Child crowned by the Holy Trinity, venerated by angels, saints and nuns in the upper half, the realm of the dead with a skeleton and a grim reaper in the lower half; baroque chapter dial, silver plate rubbed off, cut and decocrated brass clock hands, front pendulum (cow's tail pendulum); all iron clockwork with verge escapement and two chime mechanisms, quarter and hour chime, 3 weights and 3 counterweights (not original)
47 x 35 cm
Estimate: € 3.000 - 5.000
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