Viennese Silver, Enamel, and Rock Crystal Figural Clock

Description:

Viennese Silver, Enamel, and Rock Crystal Figural Clock, Austria, late 19th century, the case adorned with jeweled and amethyst-colored fruiting grape leaves supported atop the shoulders of a satyr seated on a tree stump, the cut-corner square base in rock crystal, movement inscribed Ferdinand Reuff in Wien, ht. 7 5/8 in.
Estimate $3,000-5,000

One of the small green stones replaced with a clear stone; rock crystal base with a 1/4" infraction near a back top corner and a surface flake along the footim. Metal base needs reattaching to the metal rod holding it to the rock crystal base. The clock is functioning.


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