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THE MOVEMENT BY JAN HENKELS (1722?-1778?), AMSTERDAM
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A Dutch burr walnut and marquetry longcase clock
The movement by Jan Henkels (1722?-1778?), Amsterdam
The case inlaid overall with boxwood lines, the bombé plinth inlaid with a floral basket and on claw-and-ball feet, the trunk with canted angles and a hourglass shaped door carved with rockwork and inlaid with a flower and an urn, the glazed lenticle with a gilt-metal mount representing Father Time, the hood with an arched glazed door flanked by pilasters with gilt-metal Corinthean mounts, pierced soundfrets to the frieze and sides and centred by a rockwork clasp, with a bell-shaped caddy top and bold-figural finials, the dial decorated with a muse and Minerva, with a silver Roman and Arabic chapter ring inscribed Jan Henkels Amsterdam, the gilt centre delicately engraved with floral sprays and laurel-leaf swags, with pierced blued steel hands and an alarm ring, silvered seconds ring and date aperture and a pictorial aperture decorated with a landscape indistinctly signed Jan Henkels, above an automaton with sailing vessels and Mercury, and a painted rolling moonphase, the weight-driven four-pillar movement with anchor escapement and a countwheel with two bells on strike, losses to the paint, minor restorations, some soundfrets probably replaced, the figural finials re-gilt
292cm. high x 64cm. wide x 33cm. deep
The movement by Jan Henkels (1722?-1778?), Amsterdam
The case inlaid overall with boxwood lines, the bombé plinth inlaid with a floral basket and on claw-and-ball feet, the trunk with canted angles and a hourglass shaped door carved with rockwork and inlaid with a flower and an urn, the glazed lenticle with a gilt-metal mount representing Father Time, the hood with an arched glazed door flanked by pilasters with gilt-metal Corinthean mounts, pierced soundfrets to the frieze and sides and centred by a rockwork clasp, with a bell-shaped caddy top and bold-figural finials, the dial decorated with a muse and Minerva, with a silver Roman and Arabic chapter ring inscribed Jan Henkels Amsterdam, the gilt centre delicately engraved with floral sprays and laurel-leaf swags, with pierced blued steel hands and an alarm ring, silvered seconds ring and date aperture and a pictorial aperture decorated with a landscape indistinctly signed Jan Henkels, above an automaton with sailing vessels and Mercury, and a painted rolling moonphase, the weight-driven four-pillar movement with anchor escapement and a countwheel with two bells on strike, losses to the paint, minor restorations, some soundfrets probably replaced, the figural finials re-gilt
292cm. high x 64cm. wide x 33cm. deep
注意事項
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.