A DUTCH WALNUT LONGCASE CLOCK WITH STRIKE AND ALARM

BY JAN BREUKELAAR, AMSTERDAM, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A DUTCH WALNUT LONGCASE CLOCK WITH STRIKE AND ALARM
BY JAN BREUKELAAR, AMSTERDAM, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
THE CASE WITH OUT-SET ANGLES TO THE PLINTH, ON SCROLLING FEET, THE RECTANGULAR TRUNK DOOR WITH HOLLOWED CORNERS AND GLAZED LENTICLE WITH A CAST FLOWER BASKET MOUNT, THE HOOD WITH LATER SOUND FRETS AND C-SCROLL CLASP, PARTLY LATER CONCAVE-MOULDED CADDY-TOP WITH CARVED GILTWOOD FIGURAL FINIALS, THE DIAL SIGNED JAN BREUKELAAR - AMSTERDAM ON THE SILVERED CHAPTER RING WITH ARCADED ROMAN AND ARABIC CHAPTERS, BLACK PAINTED PIERCED STEEL HANDS, THE FOLIATE ENGRAVED AND MATTED CENTRE WITH RINGED WINDING HOLES AND SILVERED SECONDS RING, WITH APERTURE FOR THE DATE, DAYS OF THE WEEK, DISPLAYED IN A CUT OUT SECTOR BELOW WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE DEITIES, ALARM DISC TO THE CENTRE, SURROUNDED BY FOLIATE SPANDRELS, SURMOUNTED BY A MOONPHASE ARCH WITH RE-PAINTED ROLLING MOON, THE FOUR PILLAR MOVEMENT WITH ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT AND DUTCH STRIKE ON TWO BELLS, THE ALARM ASSEMBLY MOUNTED TO THE SIDE OF THE PLATES, RESTORATIONS
286CM. HIGH

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JAN BREUKELAAR WAS BORN IN 1738 IN AMSTERDAM AND WAS MARRIED IN 1767. ONE YEAR LATER HE TOOK OVER THE SHOP AND BUSINESS OF ANTHONY VAN OOSTRUM ON THE GROTE KATTENBURGERSTRAAT. HE WAS CO-SIGNER OF THE REQUEST FOR A WATCHMAKER'S HALL-MARK. (ENRICO MORPURGO, NEDERLANDSE KLOKKEN- EN HORLOGEMAKERS VANAF 1300, AMSTERDAM, 1970)

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