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Lot 176*
A rare mid-18th century Dutch gilt-metal mounted ebonised table clock, with annual calendar, moonphase, pull quarter repeat and Dutch striking Vincent van Amelonsen, Amsterdam
21 November 2023, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £12,800 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA rare mid-18th century Dutch gilt-metal mounted ebonised table clock, with annual calendar, moonphase, pull quarter repeat and Dutch striking
Vincent van Amelonsen, Amsterdam
The inverted bell top case surmounted by a moulded cast brass handle between two small acorn finials and framed by four larger finials set within a silk-backed pierced and engraved brass frieze, above the delicately engraved brass side frets, the glazed front and back doors with pierced and engraved quadrants, to a brass-banded base on brass ogee feet.
The 6.75 inch arched brass dial with Roman and Arabic chapter ring, the matted centre with chamfered moonphase indicator over the signature arc Vincent van Amelonsen Amsterdam and a personified season sector below, framed by subsidiary dials giving strike/not strike, rise-and-fall regulation, day and month; the date and age of the moon shown in a large subsidiary to the arch containing a mock pendulum aperture, framed by silvered sphinx spandrels.
The twin gut fusee movement with verge escapement, striking the Dutch system on the half hour and hour on two bells and a single, pumped hammer; the backplate with elaborate floral engraving, centred by the signature plaque Vincent van Amelonsen Amsterdam. Ticking, striking and repeating. With two case keys and a crank key.
32cm wide x 23cm deep x 53cm high, (12 1/2in wide x 9in deep x 20 1/2in high)
The inverted bell top case surmounted by a moulded cast brass handle between two small acorn finials and framed by four larger finials set within a silk-backed pierced and engraved brass frieze, above the delicately engraved brass side frets, the glazed front and back doors with pierced and engraved quadrants, to a brass-banded base on brass ogee feet.
The 6.75 inch arched brass dial with Roman and Arabic chapter ring, the matted centre with chamfered moonphase indicator over the signature arc Vincent van Amelonsen Amsterdam and a personified season sector below, framed by subsidiary dials giving strike/not strike, rise-and-fall regulation, day and month; the date and age of the moon shown in a large subsidiary to the arch containing a mock pendulum aperture, framed by silvered sphinx spandrels.
The twin gut fusee movement with verge escapement, striking the Dutch system on the half hour and hour on two bells and a single, pumped hammer; the backplate with elaborate floral engraving, centred by the signature plaque Vincent van Amelonsen Amsterdam. Ticking, striking and repeating. With two case keys and a crank key.
32cm wide x 23cm deep x 53cm high, (12 1/2in wide x 9in deep x 20 1/2in high)
Footnotes
Accompanied by an Insurance Valuation from Hubert L.M. van Eijndhoven, The R&H Collection, 's-Hertogenbosch dated October 1994. Further accompanied by detailed written instructions (in Dutch) for the winding up, setting and maintaining of the clock.