Clocks

GERMAN CLOCKS
Clocks
403. Long-case C l o c k
Berlin, circa 1755
Painted, silvered, and lacquered oak; gilt
bronze; m i r r o r glass; enameled metal
Dial inscribed Rehnisch Berlin.
Height: 8 ft. 3/2 i n . (252 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 5% i n . (76 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 10 A i n .
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(57 cm)
Accession number 86.DB.695
PROVENANCE
Michael Kφnig, M u n i c h ; [Alexander and
Berendt, L t d . , L o n d o n , 1985].
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJ'15 (1987),
no. 113, p. 215, illus.
404. Long-case M u s i c a l C l o c k
Neuwied, 1784-1786
Case by D a v i d Roentgen; the movement by
Peter Kinzing; musical movement by Johann
W i l h e l m Weil (Jean Guillaume Weyl)
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Oak and mahogany veneered w i t h amboyna;
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bronze; gilt-bronze mounts; enamel dial;
PROVENANCE
glass; blued steel
Edward Joseph, L o n d o n (sold, Christie s,
The movement is inscribed Roentgen &
L o n d o n , M a y 1890, lot 374 to "Payne");
Kinzing δ Neuwied. Inside the chest o f
private collection, France; [Aveline et Cie,
bellows is the penciled inscription Jean
Paris, 1984].
Guittaume Weyl Fait a Neuwied h 16 May
178 p] No. 18.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Height: 6 ft. 3 Κ i n . (192 cm); W i d t h :
2 ft. 1V2 i n . (64 cm); D e p t h : 1 ft. 9/2 i n .
(54.5 cm)
Accession number 85.DA.116
Dietrich Fabian, Kinzing und Roentgen
Uhren aus Neuwied (fiza Neustadt, 1984),
no. 51, p. 235; "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ
14 (1986), no. 208, p. 249, illus.
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