Königliche Eisengießerei Gleiwitz/Gliwice, zu... Lot n° 162

Table clock in gothic tracery portico Cast iron with green bronze patina, round gilt dial and movement made of cast brass, blued iron hands, black Latin numerals, thread suspension of the pendulum. Cast and assembled from numerous parts. H 34.8, W 13.5, D 8.7 cm. Royal iron foundry Gleiwitz/Gliwice, attributed, around 1825 - 35. Provenance Potsdam private collection. Literature Cf. Hintze, Gleiwitzer Eisenkunstguss, Breslau 1928, p. 69. Cf. Mundt/Funke, Historismus. Kunsthandwerk und Industrie im Zeitalter der Weltausstellungen, Berlin 1973, cat. No. 44. Cf. Arenhövel, Eisen statt Gold, Berlin 1982, cat. No. 466, Arenhövel mentions an identical model from the Carlshütte near Rendsburg.