A DUTCH WALNUT LONGCASE CLOCK

BY JOHANNES LOGGEN, AMSTERDAM, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A DUTCH WALNUT LONGCASE CLOCK
BY JOHANNES LOGGEN, AMSTERDAM, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
THE LINE-INLAID CASE ON CLAW-AND-BALL FEET, THE RECTANGULAR CANTED PLINTH BENEATH THE RECTANGULAR ARCHED TRUNK DOOR WITH GLAZED LENTICLE WITH CAST BRASS MOUNT DEPICTING EUROPA AND THE BULL, THE HOOD WITH BRASS-CAPPED 3/4 COLUMNS, SUPPORTING THE FOLIATE CARVED ARCH WITH LATER SOUND FRETS, BENEATH THE CADDY TOP WITH LATER CARVED GILTWOOD FIGURAL FINIALS, THE DIAL SIGNED JOHANNES LOGGEN, AMSTERDAM, ON THE SILVERED ROMAN CHAPTER RING, PIERCED BLACK PAINTED STEEL HANDS, CALENDAR APERTURE TO THE MATTED AND FOLIATE ENGRAVED CENTRE, CENTRAL ALARM DISC, BRASS SEASONAL SPANDRELS AND MOONPHASE TO THE ARCH, THE FOUR PILLAR MOVEMENT WITH ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT WITH PLAIN HOUR STRIKE ON ONE BELL, THE ALARM ASSEMBLY NOW REMOVED, THE CASE REVENEERED, RESTORATIONS
278CM. HIGH

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JOHANNES PETRUS LOGGEN II, BORN CIRCA 1722 AS THE SON OF AN AMSTERDAM CLOCKMAKER, WAS ACTIVE FROM 1742 ONWARDS. HE HAD A WORKSHOP ON THE BOTERMARKT IN AMSTERDAM. (J. ZEEMAN, DE NEDERLANDSE STAANDE KLOK, ZWOLLE, 1996, P.471)

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