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A mid 18th century Dutch walnut miniature longcase clock with Exhibition provenance Jan Hendrik Spiering, Amsterdam
16 December 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £17,500 inc. premium
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A mid 18th century Dutch walnut miniature longcase clock with Exhibition provenance
Jan Hendrik Spiering, Amsterdam
The hood with arched pediment centred on a shell over the pierced scroll fret and break arch door with applied pilasters and wooden side frets, the trunk with canted corners, shaped door and shaped base with deep mouldings.
The signed 7.5 inch brass dial with silvered arcaded Roman and Arabic chapter ring, painted spandrels depicting the seasons and moonphase to the arch, the matted centre with calendar and day/deity apertures, each with an engraved scroll border.
The small two train weight driven movement with anchor escapement, alarm and rack strike on a bell, the rectangular plates united by four knopped pillars. 130cm (51in)
The hood with arched pediment centred on a shell over the pierced scroll fret and break arch door with applied pilasters and wooden side frets, the trunk with canted corners, shaped door and shaped base with deep mouldings.
The signed 7.5 inch brass dial with silvered arcaded Roman and Arabic chapter ring, painted spandrels depicting the seasons and moonphase to the arch, the matted centre with calendar and day/deity apertures, each with an engraved scroll border.
The small two train weight driven movement with anchor escapement, alarm and rack strike on a bell, the rectangular plates united by four knopped pillars. 130cm (51in)
Footnotes
Literature:
J. Zeeman, De Nederlandse staande klok, Zwolle, 1996, P.101, plate 86.
Tardy, La pendule francaise, VOL.3, Paris, 1981, p.262.
H.M. Vehmeyer, Clocks, Their Origin and Development 1320-1880, Snoeck 2004. Item LC86.
Exhibited:
Hoe laat was het? Het Nederlandse uurwerk, Museum Willet-Holthuysen, Amsterdam, spring 1956, cat No.130.