Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery

Live Auction, 14 March 2016

Session 2

Sold for

ZAR 204 624
Lot 270
  • A Dutch burr-walnut-veneered longcase clock with ship's automaton, Johannes du Chesne, Amsterdam, third quarter 18th century
  • A Dutch burr-walnut-veneered longcase clock with ship's automaton, Johannes du Chesne, Amsterdam, third quarter 18th century
  • A Dutch burr-walnut-veneered longcase clock with ship's automaton, Johannes du Chesne, Amsterdam, third quarter 18th century
  • A Dutch burr-walnut-veneered longcase clock with ship's automaton, Johannes du Chesne, Amsterdam, third quarter 18th century


Lot Estimate
ZAR 150 000 - 180 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 204 624
Shipping

About this Item

Amsterdam, The Netherlands
A Dutch burr-walnut-veneered longcase clock with ship's automaton, Johannes du Chesne, Amsterdam, third quarter 18th century
the 35cm dial with engraved border and rococo spandrels, engraved silvered chapter ring with roman and arabic numerals, signed Johannes du Chesne, Amsterdam, foliate pierced hands and alarm disc, subsidiary seconds and apertures for date, day, month, moon phase and automaton in the arch, with ships and mermaids rocking to and fro on a choppy sea before a view of Amsterdam, with connection to the train of the anchor movement, with trip repeating rack Dutch half-hour striking on alternating bells, the burr walnut- veneered case with bell top surmounted by three giltwood figures of angels, moulded break arch cornice, foliate pierced frets above the break arch and centred by a carved bird, the arched shaped trunk door inlaid with a flower-filled urn, with lenticle centred by the figure of Chronos, the bombé base with foliate marquetry inlay, raised on claw and ball feet, inlaid with stringing throughout, 290cm high

Provenance

Formerly the property of Punch and Cynthia Barlow, Vergelegen, Somerset West.

Literature

John Kench. (1990) Cape Dutch Homesteads, Cape Town: Struik. Illustrated in colour on page 138, positioned in the dining-room at Vergelegen.

Graham Viney. (1989) Colonial Houses of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik. Illustrated in colour on page 25, positioned in the dining-room at Vergelegen.

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