Lot 177
  • 177

A Dutch Amsterdam burr walnut alarm longcase clock, Hendrik Schoonbeek, circa 1740

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
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Description

  • height 291cm
34-cm engraved brass dial, engraved silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, signed Hendrik Schoonbeek Amsterdam, foliate pierced hands and silvered alarm disc, subsidiary seconds, apertures for date and moonphase in the arch, season spandrels, anchor movement with rack Dutch half hour striking on alternating bells, alarm on the large bell, burr walnut veneered case with bell top surmounted by a giltwood atlas and two angels, moulded cornice over foliate pierced frets, break arch glazed door flanked by brass capped columns, canted trunk with string inlaid moulded break arch door, moulded canted base with similar inlay raised on scroll feet