Wall clock, 1650 - 1700

Wall clock. The oak backboard with ebony inlay is modern, as are the brackets. The case is executed in brass and has Doric colonnettes. Faith, Hope, and Charity are depicted in the broken pediment. Brass dial and cherub spandrels on a black velvet ground. On the shield of the front pediment is an illegible house mark. The bell is surmounted by a finial; the pendulum, weights, and cords are missing. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-KOG-2484; its record gives material recorded as iron (metal), ebony (wood), satinwood (wood), velvet (fabric weave), brass (alloy), oak (wood); measurements height 74.5 cm x width 33.5 cm x depth 22 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.