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214 - IMPORTANT FLOOR CLOCK – 18th-century Dutch, in walnut and wa…
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Estimate €4,000 - €6,000
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Description
IMPORTANT FLOOR CLOCK – 18th-century Dutch, in walnut and walnut veneer, richly inlaid with a design of foliage, scrolls and gilded bronze ornamentation. The upper panel is glazed and framed by small columns, revealing a complication movement with a silvered and gilded metal dial signed ‘Albert Keyser Amsterdam’, featuring Roman numerals for the hours and Arabic numerals for the minutes, as well as a date, month and moon phase display. The ornate pediment is openwork with foliage and acanthus leaves, surmounted by three carved wooden statuettes depicting Atlas flanked by two Renown figures. The lower panel is decorated with a Rocaille cartouche depicting the myth of Europa and Zeus transformed into a bull. Resting on a base with bevelled sides and a wall-mounted console. H 269; W 60 cm; D 31 cm (glass damaged, with the usual gaps and restorations, including the two pendulum weights)
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About the sale A fine catalogue sale
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Auction time 10/30/2026 at 1:30 PM
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