Decorative Arts: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum

Clocks

403. Long-case Clock
     Berlin, circa 1755
     Painted, silvered, and lacquered oak; gilt
     bronze; mirror glass; enameled metal
     Dial inscribed Rehnisch Berlin.
     Height: 8 ft. 3/2 in. (252 cm); Width:
     2 ft. 5% in. (76 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 10lA in.
     (57 cm)
     Accession number 86.DB.695
     PROVENANCE
     Michael Kφnig, Munich; [Alexander and
     Berendt, Ltd., London, 1985].
     BIBLIOGRAPHY
     "Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJ'15 (1987),
     no. 113, p. 215, illus.

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404. Long-case Musical Clock
     Neuwied, 1784-1786
     Case by David Roentgen; the movement by
     Peter Kinzing; musical movement by Johann
     Wilhelm Weil (Jean Guillaume Weyl)
     Oak and mahogany veneered with amboyna;
     bronze; gilt-bronze mounts; enamel dial;
     glass; blued steel
     The movement is inscribed Roentgen &
     Kinzing δ Neuwied. Inside the chest of
     bellows is the penciled inscription Jean
     Guittaume Weyl Fait a Neuwied h 16 May
     178 p] No. 18.
     Height: 6 ft. 3 Κ in. (192 cm); Width:
     2 ft. 1V2 in. (64 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 9/2 in.
     (54.5 cm)
     Accession number 85.DA.116

404

PROVENANCE

Edward Joseph, London (sold, Christie s,

London, May 1890, lot 374 to "Payne");

private collection, France; [Aveline et Cie,

Paris, 1984].

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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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