Important South African & International Art, Furniture, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 13 October 2014
Continental & Oriental Furniture, Ceramics, Silver & Glass including collections of Chinese Jade
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About this Item
A Dutch mahogany and ebonised longcase clock, late 18th/early 19th century
the 30,5cm gilt face signed William Bramer Faecit Campen 1711, with roman numerals, silvered chapter ring, date aperture and phases of the moon, later foliate spandrels, pierced hands, double winding holes, striking on a double bell, the door with oval lenticle, on a plinth base, the bell-top hood surmounted by a giltwood and painted figure of Atlas flanked by a pair of trumpeting angels, on later block feet, restorations, 278cm high