19TH CENTURY
细节
a swedish painted longcase clock
19th century
The bow-sided case with drum-shaped hood and forward-dropping trunk door with lenticle (lacks glass), later painted with flowers and birds against a green ground, the circular white-painted iron dial with Arabic chapters and pierced brass hands, rubbed signature, the movement with anchor escapement and ting-tang strike on two bells
72½. (184cm.) high
19th century
The bow-sided case with drum-shaped hood and forward-dropping trunk door with lenticle (lacks glass), later painted with flowers and birds against a green ground, the circular white-painted iron dial with Arabic chapters and pierced brass hands, rubbed signature, the movement with anchor escapement and ting-tang strike on two bells
72½. (184cm.) high