Longcase clock, c. 1690 - c. 1695
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1690 - c. 1695
Longcase clock veneered with burr walnut on an oak core. The trunk has a door with an oval aperture surrounded by a leaf border and rests on a broader base on ball feet. The hood has spiralled Corinthian columns and quarter-columns and is decorated with carved leafy and floral scrolls. The cresting consists of openwork acanthus scrolls, with an eagle on each corner. The dial, behind glass and surrounded by brass leafy scrolls, indicates the time, date and moon phase and is marked: "Huijgens Amsterdam". The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-16479; its record gives material recorded as walnut (hardwood), brass (alloy), glass, oak (wood); measurements height 228.5 cm x width 56.5 cm x depth 32 cm. 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.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- walnut (hardwood), brass (alloy), glass, oak (wood)
- Dimensions
- hoogte 228,5 cm x breedte 56,5 cm x diepte 32 cm · height 228.5 cm x width 56.5 cm x depth 32 cm
- Measurements
- height 228.5 cm x width 56.5 cm x depth 32 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Staande klok
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-16479
- Museum classification
- mechanical clock · longcase clock · clockwork · clock · furniture
Catalogue references
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Research required
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