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Standing clock, veneered with black-stained pearwood
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Standing clock, veneered with black-stained pearwood

Julien Le Roy · 1700 - 1725 · gild; bronze (metal); wood (plant material); pear (wood); tin (metal); email; brass (alloy); glass; oak (wood)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Standing clock veneered with black stained walnut or pear wood on oak core and decorated with copper mouldings and fittings. The clock rests on a herm-shaped base, with a door at the front, and has a vase-shaped contour with gilded bronze fittings of acanthus leaf on the corners and lying C-scrolls and palmettes as a crown. The door has a round glass pane above which a woman's mask in front of a shell, surrounded by volutes, and below which bells on a ribbon in gilded bronze. Marked twice.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineStaande klok, belijmd met zwart gebeitst perenhout. 1700 - 1725. Julien Le Roy. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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