Longcase clock, c. 1700 - c. 1750
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1700 - c. 1750
Longcase clock of walnut. The base on claw feet has diagonally set bracket-shaped corner posts. The corner posts and the central field show a decorative border in marquetry, as does the trunk door, scalloped at top and bottom, with crest and gilt brass mount.
The domed hood has an openwork frieze on Tuscan columns with brass, a crest, and is surmounted by three bronze figures of Fame, Time and Atlas on plinths. Of the two dials, the lower one has a third, with an etched male portrait. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-15992; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal), maple (wood), walnut (hardwood), wood (plant material), brass (alloy), glass, oak (wood); technique gild; measurements height 287 cm x width 64 cm x depth 33 cm x weight 0 kg.
Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- bronze (metal), maple (wood), walnut (hardwood), wood (plant material), brass (alloy), glass, oak (wood)
- Technique
- gild
- Dimensions
- hoogte 287 cm x breedte 64 cm x diepte 33 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 0 kg height 287 cm x width 64 cm x depth 33 cm x weight 0 kg
- Measurements
- height 287 cm x width 64 cm x depth 33 cm x weight 0 kg
Identification
- Original title
- Staande klok
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-15992
- Museum classification
- mechanical instrument · musical instrument · mechanical clock · longcase clock
Catalogue references
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Research required
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