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BY J M MUNTES, AMSTERDAM CIRCA 1780
Details
A RARE DUTCH MUSICAL AUTOMATON WALNUT LONGCASE CLOCK
By J M Muntes, Amsterdam circa 1780
The inlaid walnut bombe case on ball & claw feet, the trunk door with a glass lenticle in brass frame cast with the figure of Time within a rococo scroll and shell, the shaped hood with a giltwood figure of Atlas flanked by finials; the signed silvered arcaded chapter ring enclosing an engraved week day aperture with sunk subsidiary seconds to finely engraved rococo plates, with a quarter striking eight day movement, the shaped dial above a painted automaton scene painted with a coastal scene, ships, mermaids and whales; numbered moon phase, subsidiary 'Slaan & Spleen/Nietslaan & Nietspleen' (strike/silent) dials and tune dial with twelve tunes, three weight driven trains, anchor escapement, Dutch striking, quarter strike on 2 bells, hour, plus half strike on separate bells, music on the hour on 11 bells with 19 hammers from a 25 cylinder mounted on the back plate, the automata at the half, three quarter and on the hour driven by a separate fusee train
By J M Muntes, Amsterdam circa 1780
The inlaid walnut bombe case on ball & claw feet, the trunk door with a glass lenticle in brass frame cast with the figure of Time within a rococo scroll and shell, the shaped hood with a giltwood figure of Atlas flanked by finials; the signed silvered arcaded chapter ring enclosing an engraved week day aperture with sunk subsidiary seconds to finely engraved rococo plates, with a quarter striking eight day movement, the shaped dial above a painted automaton scene painted with a coastal scene, ships, mermaids and whales; numbered moon phase, subsidiary 'Slaan & Spleen/Nietslaan & Nietspleen' (strike/silent) dials and tune dial with twelve tunes, three weight driven trains, anchor escapement, Dutch striking, quarter strike on 2 bells, hour, plus half strike on separate bells, music on the hour on 11 bells with 19 hammers from a 25 cylinder mounted on the back plate, the automata at the half, three quarter and on the hour driven by a separate fusee train
Provenance
The late Erwin Freidman Collection, Sydney
Martyn Cook Antiques PL, Sydney
Martyn Cook Antiques PL, Sydney
Literature
Christie's, Review of the Season 1985, Amsterdam, 19 October 1984
Special notice
A 10% Goods and Services tax (G.S.T) will be charged on the Buyer's Premium in all lots in this sale