| An attractive small 19th
Century Austrian Zappler silver and enamel desk clock. Triangular gilt
verge movement with going barrel. The short visible pendulum hangs in
front of the small polychrome enamel dial. Roman numerals, blue steel
hands. Fine silver gilt balloon shaped case set with polychrome
enamel panels depicting cherubs, soldiers and garden scenes. The back
door hinging upward also set with a polychrome enamel panel. Standing on
a cast silver gilt base with grotesque masks at the corners and surmounted by a
cast silver gilt cherub sitting astride a wine barrel, grapes hanging from
either side. |