Longcase clock, veneered with black-stained pearwood
Also known as: Staande klok, belijmd met zwart gebeitst perenhout
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1700 - 1725
Longcase clock veneered with black-stained walnut or pearwood on an oak core and decorated with brass stringing and mounts. The clock rests on a herm-shaped pedestal with a door at the front, and has a vase-shaped contour with gilt-bronze mounts of acanthus leaves on the corners and reclining C-scrolls and a palmette as a crest.
The door has a circular glass pane, above which is a female mask in front of a shell surrounded by scrolls, and below which are little bells on a ribbon in gilt bronze. Marked twice. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12331; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal), wood (plant material), pear (wood), tin (metal), brass (alloy), glass, oak (wood); technique gild; measurements height 202 cm x width 45 cm x depth 29 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
- bronze (metal), wood (plant material), pear (wood), tin (metal), brass (alloy), glass, oak (wood)
- Technique
- gild
- Dimensions
- hoogte 202 cm x breedte 45 cm x diepte 29 cm · height 202 cm x width 45 cm x depth 29 cm
- Measurements
- height 202 cm x width 45 cm x depth 29 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Staande klok, belijmd met zwart gebeitst perenhout
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-12331
- Museum classification
- furniture · longcase clock · mechanical clock · clockwork
Catalogue references
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