A theatrical clock
Along the windowed wall, the dining room cherishes a veritable treasure: among the Anglo-Dutch style furniture, characteristic for its minute floral inlays and domed shape, stands an eighteenth-century clock of very fine workmanship, both in terms of the case and...
Eastern fantasies
Table pendulum clock, gilt bronze, enamelled steel, and glass, second half of the 18th century, bell chime, hour and half-hour. In the Japanese sitting room, resting on a shelf, a bizarre eighteenth-century clock draws the gazes of adults and children alike, evoking...
Rococo chimes
Wall pendulum clock, gilt bronze and enamels, late 18th century, hour and quarter chime Hanging on a wall in the room decorated with paintings by Cesare Dell’Acqua, a fine cartel clock from the late eighteenth century, characterised by a particularly robust case...
Shell container, painted and glazed Imari-type porcelain, ca. 1858
The elegant shell recalls the type of ceramic known as Imari in its blue, red, gold and white polychrome colours. This name comes from the port of Imari in Japan, from where ships laden with this fine pottery, produced in workshops in the nearby city of Arita, had...
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