Longcase clock, c. 1715 - c. 1725
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1715 - c. 1725
Longcase clock of oak entirely veneered with tortoiseshell, brass, pewter, and mother-of-pearl in the so-called Boulle technique. The straight pedestal supports the case, the sides of which curve inward and outward in volute shapes at the top and bottom; at the front is a horizontal oval-shaped opening with glass.
The domed detachable hood with an openwork brass frieze opens at the front with a door set between two pilasters and is crowned with a pedestal bearing a wooden Atlas figure; on both front corners is a polychromed wooden figure. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1969-102-A; its record gives material recorded as tortoise shell, ebony (wood), walnut (hardwood), wood (plant material), mother of pearl, tin (metal), brass (alloy), glass, oak (wood); technique silvering, boulle work, gild; measurements height 284.5 cm x height 260 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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- tortoise shell, ebony (wood), walnut (hardwood), wood (plant material), mother of pearl, tin (metal), brass (alloy), glass, oak (wood)
- Technique
- silvering, boulle work, gild
- Dimensions
- hoogte 284,5 cm (met poppen) x hoogte 260 cm (zonder poppen) · grondvlak: breedte 52 cm x diepte 26,5 cm · width 52 cm x depth 26.5 cm · height 284.5 cm x height 260 cm
- Measurements
- height 284.5 cm x height 260 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Staande klok
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-1969-102-A
- Museum classification
- furniture · musical instrument · clockwork · mechanical instrument · mechanical clock · longcase clock · clock
Catalogue references
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