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JAN VAN LEEUWENBURGH, AMSTERDAM, MID-18TH CENTURY
Details
A DUTCH WALNUT AND FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK WITH FATHER TIME AUTOMATON
JAN VAN LEEUWENBURGH, AMSTERDAM, MID-18TH CENTURY
The case surmounted by a figure of Atlas flanked by two trumpeting angels, the silvered and brass dial signed 'Jan van Leeuwenburgh, Amsterdam', with indicators for month, day of the week, subsidiary seconds dial and moon phase, the painted hunting scene beneath also moving with the Father Time automaton, the two train movement with recoil anchor escapement, rack Dutch striking and trip repeat
107 in. (272 cm.) high; 26 in. (66 cm.) wide; 13 in. (33 cm.) deep
JAN VAN LEEUWENBURGH, AMSTERDAM, MID-18TH CENTURY
The case surmounted by a figure of Atlas flanked by two trumpeting angels, the silvered and brass dial signed 'Jan van Leeuwenburgh, Amsterdam', with indicators for month, day of the week, subsidiary seconds dial and moon phase, the painted hunting scene beneath also moving with the Father Time automaton, the two train movement with recoil anchor escapement, rack Dutch striking and trip repeat
107 in. (272 cm.) high; 26 in. (66 cm.) wide; 13 in. (33 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 16 April 2007, lot 569.
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