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MID 18TH CENTURY. CASE AND MOVEMENT POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED
Details
A DUTCH WALNUT STRIKING 'AMSTERDAM STAARTKLOK' WITH ALARM
MID 18TH CENTURY. CASE AND MOVEMENT POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED
The case of typical form, the arched hood with pierced sound fret surmounted by giltwood figural finials, the brass dial with engraved border, cast brass seasonal spandrels (later) to the silvered arched chapter ring signed Hermelink Amsterdam (possibly later), foliate engraved centre with date aperture beneath, steel hands, the thirty-hour four pillar movement with anchor escapement, the alarm mounted to the side of the movement, with strike and alarm on bell above; three brass weights, pendulum
135 cm. high
MID 18TH CENTURY. CASE AND MOVEMENT POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED
The case of typical form, the arched hood with pierced sound fret surmounted by giltwood figural finials, the brass dial with engraved border, cast brass seasonal spandrels (later) to the silvered arched chapter ring signed Hermelink Amsterdam (possibly later), foliate engraved centre with date aperture beneath, steel hands, the thirty-hour four pillar movement with anchor escapement, the alarm mounted to the side of the movement, with strike and alarm on bell above; three brass weights, pendulum
135 cm. high
Literature
Illustrated, W.F.J. Hana, Nederlandse Klokken, Haarlem 1980, fig. 156-157
Special notice
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