97,000 CHF
Johann Melchior Dinglinger school, German, circa 1720. Magnificent and extremely rare gold and enamel, ruby- and diamond-set obelisk clock in Renaissance style, in leather fitted box. Gold, champlvé radial Roman numerals, inner quarter-hour ring, matte background. Blued steel index hand. Square, fusee and chain, verge escapement, brass three-arm balance, single footed, pierced and engraved cock with streamers. Dim. Height 23 cm.An exceptional piece and a masterpiece of goldsmithing. Notes Johann Melchior Dinglinger (1664 - 1731)German goldsmith and jeweler whose patron was the extravagant Frederick Augustus I, elector of Saxony (Augustus II, King of Poland). He was one of the most famous goldsmiths of his time. Dinglinger was a master of every conceivable technique, and his ingenious decorative fantasies are still preserved in the "Green Vaults" of the palace treasure at Dresden.. After his training in Ulm he traveled as a journeyman to Augsburg, Nuremberg and Vienna. He is first recorded in Dresden in 1692. His two brthers, the enameler Georg Friedrich Dinglinger (1666-1720) and the jeweler Georg Christoph Dinglinger (1668-1728), are documented as active there in 1693; they remained his closest collaborators, particularly Georg Friedrich. The present piece is typical of the style of Dinglinger. His work influenced many famous jewelers, including Fabergé.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-04-12
