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Auction archive: Lot number 55

A Dutch ormolu-mounted, ebonised and foliate cut brass, pewt...

Estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
ca. US$29,459 - US$39,278
Price realised:
£138,500
ca. US$272,006
Auction archive: Lot number 55

A Dutch ormolu-mounted, ebonised and foliate cut brass, pewt...

Estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
ca. US$29,459 - US$39,278
Price realised:
£138,500
ca. US$272,006
Beschreibung:

A Dutch ormolu-mounted, ebonised and foliate cut brass, pewter and mother-of-pearl inlaid red tortoiseshell eight day longcase clock with astronomical dial and music work
ANDRIES VERMEULEN, AMSTERDAM. CIRCA 1720
A Dutch ormolu-mounted, ebonised and foliate cut brass, pewter and mother-of-pearl inlaid red tortoiseshell eight day longcase clock with astronomical dial and music work Andries Vermeulen Amsterdam. Circa 1720 CASE: with decorative inlays to front and sides, with waisted pediment surmounted by two carved wood figural finials (formerly five), of Chronos and a turbanned man, the hood arch and sides with repoussé brass sound frets, its front and rear mounted with ormolu pilasters with Composite capitals, with glazed side panels (hinged door to the right), the trunk with scrolling upper and lower sides, the trunk door with brass-framed lenticle and with cut brass inlays of a radiant mask, musical trophies and theatrical masks amidst foliate scrolls, with serpent-entwined engraved terrestrial globe below, with brass mouldings above and below a plinth with front panel profusely inlaid with military trophies, raised on bun feet DIAL: 12½ in. wide brass dial with bird and urn spandrels to a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with elaborate half hour and half quarter hour markers, signed Andries Vermeulen/Amsterdam , the matted centre with aperture for a moon painted en grisaille and with engraved phase disc, age indication below, with triangular sectors for month (with representative figure) and day (with deity) flanking a date aperture, blued steel hands, strike/not strike lever by 15, the chapter ring engraved above 60 VERSCHIL VAN DE SON MET 'T HOROLOGIE below an aperture indicating solar/mean time equation (plate and wheelwork lacking), the sector above flanked by spandrels representing Mercury and Neptune and showing month with zodiac figure and number of days MOVEMENT: substantially made and fully latched, with divided back plate and joined by eight pillars, three trains, with anchor escapement and Dutch rack strike on two bells, with seven musical tunes played via a 12¾ in. (32.5 cm.) long pinned cylinder with 32 hammers (all music bells lacking), the tune selection manually adjusted or with automatic next-tune selection powered via a spring barrel, each with arbor through the dial mask to the left of the hood; three weights, pendulum See p.118 for movement detail 110 in. (280 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 55
Auction:
Datum:
20 Feb 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
20 February 2008, London, King Street
Beschreibung:

A Dutch ormolu-mounted, ebonised and foliate cut brass, pewter and mother-of-pearl inlaid red tortoiseshell eight day longcase clock with astronomical dial and music work
ANDRIES VERMEULEN, AMSTERDAM. CIRCA 1720
A Dutch ormolu-mounted, ebonised and foliate cut brass, pewter and mother-of-pearl inlaid red tortoiseshell eight day longcase clock with astronomical dial and music work Andries Vermeulen Amsterdam. Circa 1720 CASE: with decorative inlays to front and sides, with waisted pediment surmounted by two carved wood figural finials (formerly five), of Chronos and a turbanned man, the hood arch and sides with repoussé brass sound frets, its front and rear mounted with ormolu pilasters with Composite capitals, with glazed side panels (hinged door to the right), the trunk with scrolling upper and lower sides, the trunk door with brass-framed lenticle and with cut brass inlays of a radiant mask, musical trophies and theatrical masks amidst foliate scrolls, with serpent-entwined engraved terrestrial globe below, with brass mouldings above and below a plinth with front panel profusely inlaid with military trophies, raised on bun feet DIAL: 12½ in. wide brass dial with bird and urn spandrels to a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with elaborate half hour and half quarter hour markers, signed Andries Vermeulen/Amsterdam , the matted centre with aperture for a moon painted en grisaille and with engraved phase disc, age indication below, with triangular sectors for month (with representative figure) and day (with deity) flanking a date aperture, blued steel hands, strike/not strike lever by 15, the chapter ring engraved above 60 VERSCHIL VAN DE SON MET 'T HOROLOGIE below an aperture indicating solar/mean time equation (plate and wheelwork lacking), the sector above flanked by spandrels representing Mercury and Neptune and showing month with zodiac figure and number of days MOVEMENT: substantially made and fully latched, with divided back plate and joined by eight pillars, three trains, with anchor escapement and Dutch rack strike on two bells, with seven musical tunes played via a 12¾ in. (32.5 cm.) long pinned cylinder with 32 hammers (all music bells lacking), the tune selection manually adjusted or with automatic next-tune selection powered via a spring barrel, each with arbor through the dial mask to the left of the hood; three weights, pendulum See p.118 for movement detail 110 in. (280 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 55
Auction:
Datum:
20 Feb 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
20 February 2008, London, King Street
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