Lot 640
  • 640

A Dutch burr walnut inlaid alarm longcase clock, Bernard van der Cloesen second quarter 18th century

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • height 260cm including finial
30-cm arched brass dial with wheatear border, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals and foliate shaped plaque signed B. Van Der Cloesen Hage, pierced hands and alarm disc, ringed winding holes and subsidiary seconds, date aperture and moonphase in the arch, season spandrels, anchor movement with ring turned knopped pillars, rack Dutch striking on two bells, burr walnut veneered case with bell top surmounted by three ball finials, moulded break arch cornice above foliate pierced frets, glazed door with brass capped pilasters, cross banded shaped trunk with shaped door, moulded base with cheeks to the sides raised on bracket feet