Lot 69
  • 69

A good early Dutch walnut month-going longcase clock, William Gib Rotterdam, circa 1700

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Description

  • Height including Atlas 263cm, without Atlas 242cm
30.5-cm square dial with wheatear border, engraved chapter ring with Roman numerals signed William Gib Rotterdam, pierced hands and subsidiary seconds, date aperture with engraved surround and ringed winding holes, fine foliate pierced urn spandrels, movement with four ring turned knopped pillars, outside countwheel striking on a bell, walnut veneered case with dome top surmounted by a later gilt wood atlas and two angels, moulded cornice with pierced front frets, brass capped corner columns, straight trunk with long cross banded door and circular lenticle, moulded cross banded base raised on flat feet