A Dutch walnut and marquetry eight-day longcase clock with moonphase, Jan. Gobels, Amsterdam, mid 18th century. The five finned-pillar rack and bell striking movement with 12 inch brass break-arch dial with ringed winding holes, bird and foliate scroll engraved calendar aperture and subsidiary seconds dial to the matted centre within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes, stylised cruciform half hour markers and signed Jan. Gobels, Amsterdam to lower edge, the angles with mask-and-scroll cast spandrels within a herringbone engraved border beneath rolling moonphase calibrated for the lunar month to the edge of the disc and with conforming herringbone upper border to arch, the case with ebonised fret infill to the rococo-scroll carved crest-centred shaped pediment above chevron parquetry decorated integral pilasters and dial surround to hood, the shaped trunk door with conforming crest to the top-edge above scroll-cast gilt metal mounted lenticle within horticultural motif marquetry panels, the sides with further foliate panels, on flat-fronted symmetrical scroll inlaid plinth base flanked by canted swollen uprights incorporating scroll feet, (motionwork for calendar and moonphase lacking), 237cm high. Jan. Gobels is recorded in Baillie G. H.Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in Amsterdam circa 1767. The above description should be read in conjunction with IMPORTANT NOTES REGARDING THE CATALOGUING OF CLOCKS printed in the sale catalogue. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
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