SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A DUTCH PROVINCIAL WALNUT STRIKING WALL CLOCK (HOOD CLOCK) WITH ALARM
SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The bell top with patinated (later) brass ball finials above a rectangular hood with glazed side panels and glazed front door on a bracket with a serpentine shaped skirt, the 17.5 cm. (7 in.) square brass dial with matted centre, foliate cast mask spandrels to the Roman chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers, matted centre with signature plaque signed Abraham Oofterwijk/Middelburgh (probably later), single pierced blued steel hand and engraved brass alarm disc, the thirty-hour movement with four rectangular brass pillars, verge escapement with integral back swinging pendulum, outside countwheel with hour strike on bell above, the alarm work mounted to the side of the movement (possibly reinstated); three brass weights
58 cm. high

Provenance

With E.F.J. Stender, Sint-Michielsgestel
Acquired by Mr. P.C. Spaans, April 1978

Special notice

Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €5,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €5,001 and €400,000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €400,001. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Dr. J.L. Sellink, Dutch Antique Domestic Clocks, Leiden, 1973, p. 79-91
H.M. Vehmeyer, Clocks, Their origin and development 1320-1880, Gent, 2004, Vol.I, p.436-437

With original invoice and insurance valuation made by Stender in 1978.

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