Lot 583
  • 583

An attractive small Dutch burr walnut marquetry inlaid striking longcase clock third quarter 18th century

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • height 253cm with Atlas, without Atlas 236cm
25.5-cm arched brass dial, engraved silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, foliate pierced hands and subsidiary seconds, apertures for date, day and ‘fan’-daysign, penny moon in the arch, brass season spandrels, weight driven anchor movement with rack striking Dutch half hour striking on two alternating bells, burr walnut veneered case with bell top surmounted by a giltwood atlas and two angels, shaped moulded cornice with a carved scroll ornament and foliate pierced frets below, brass capped three quarter columns flanking the break arch glazed door, canted corners to the trunk, long shaped door with marquetry inlay and a brass urn lenticle, bombé base with a marquetry bird and string inlay, moulded plinth raised on claw feet