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A good mid 18th century Dutch miniature walnut longcase clock with moonphase, alarm and calendar N. Weylant, Amsterdam
21 November 2023, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £21,760 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA good mid 18th century Dutch miniature walnut longcase clock with moonphase, alarm and calendar
N. Weylant, Amsterdam
Surmounted by carved giltwood figures of Atlas and two winged heralds on a shaped cresting, above blind frets on brass-mounted Doric columns, the narrow trunk with shaped glazed lenticle, raised on a base with bombé-shaped front corners on bun feet.
The 6 inch arched brass dial with rolling moon in the arch giving age and phase of the moon over foliate scroll spandrels and silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with arcaded minute band set with half-quarter marks and meeting-arrowhead half-hour markers, signed around VI N. Waylant Amsterdam, the matted centre with chamfered date aperture at XII, and alarm setting disc, below pierced blued steel hands.
The weight driven movement with plates united by four knopped and ringed pillars, anchor escapement and rack striking the Dutch system on two bells and hammers, the alarm sounding on the largest bell via a twin-headed hammer. Ticking and striking with operational alarm. Together with the pendulum.
38cm wide x 23cm deep x 157cm high, (14 1/2in wide x 9in deep x 61 1/2in high)
Surmounted by carved giltwood figures of Atlas and two winged heralds on a shaped cresting, above blind frets on brass-mounted Doric columns, the narrow trunk with shaped glazed lenticle, raised on a base with bombé-shaped front corners on bun feet.
The 6 inch arched brass dial with rolling moon in the arch giving age and phase of the moon over foliate scroll spandrels and silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with arcaded minute band set with half-quarter marks and meeting-arrowhead half-hour markers, signed around VI N. Waylant Amsterdam, the matted centre with chamfered date aperture at XII, and alarm setting disc, below pierced blued steel hands.
The weight driven movement with plates united by four knopped and ringed pillars, anchor escapement and rack striking the Dutch system on two bells and hammers, the alarm sounding on the largest bell via a twin-headed hammer. Ticking and striking with operational alarm. Together with the pendulum.
38cm wide x 23cm deep x 157cm high, (14 1/2in wide x 9in deep x 61 1/2in high)