FURNISHINGS
AN AMSTERDAM SCHOOL COROMANDEL AND METAL TABLE-CLOCK, flattened tear-shape body carved with a circular band of stylized zig-zag and dot pattern, the circular metal clockface with green and cream enamelling and Arrabic numerals and with broad Indonesian-style openwork border following the shape of the clock-body, the structure supported by a curved base terminating in volutes carved with a further zig-zag pattern, set on stepped rectangular tomb-like base, the centre left open to reveal three carved intertwining circles

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AN AMSTERDAM SCHOOL COROMANDEL AND METAL TABLE-CLOCK, flattened tear-shape body carved with a circular band of stylized zig-zag and dot pattern, the circular metal clockface with green and cream enamelling and Arrabic numerals and with broad Indonesian-style openwork border following the shape of the clock-body, the structure supported by a curved base terminating in volutes carved with a further zig-zag pattern, set on stepped rectangular tomb-like base, the centre left open to reveal three carved intertwining circles
40.6 cm high

Lot Essay

C.f. F. Leidelmeijer en D. van der Singel, Art Nouveau en Art Deco in Nederland, Epe 1983, p. 115, no. 115, similar clock illustrated

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