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Lot 374 Dα

A museum quality longcase clock with a carved Vanitas still life

Auction 1220 - overview Cologne
17.05.2023, 14:00 - Furniture Decorative Arts
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 2.016 € (incl. premium)
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A museum quality longcase clock with a carved Vanitas still life

Walnut and oak case with parcel gilt brass dial and tin indices. With subsidiary dial beneath 12 o'clock. Eight-day running with hourly and half-hourly striking via separate mechanisms to a large bell. Replaced glazing, brass and wrought iron mountings. Signed above the dial "JOHAN CHRISTIAN BECK HORLOGER A JANGFORTH PROCHE SCHLEYDEN 1759". Earlier insect damage. H 293, W c. 54, D c. 29 cm.
Schleiden/North Eifel, Johann Christian Beck, 1759.

Provenance

Former Fabricius family.
Former Trimborn family, Wißkirchen.
Private ownership, Lower Rhine, since 1925.