A Dutch burr walnut quarter striking longcase clock, Johannes van Wyk circa 1730

28.5-cm brass engraved dial, engraved silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals signed Johannes van Wyk Amsterdam, foliate pierced hands and subsidiary seconds, apertures for date and moonphase and cherub spandrels, endless rope weight driven, day going anchor movement, countwheel Dutch quarter striking on alternating bells, alarm removed, burr walnut veneered case with bell top, surmounted by a giltwood atlas and two angels, foliate pierced frets above and below the shaped corners, glazed front door flanked by brass capped pillars, straight trunk with long shaped door and oval lenticle, moulded square base raised on block feet

dial a little tarnished, fine engraving, minute hand replaced, alarm disk lacking because of removed alarm, movement able to function but very greasy and in need of a clean, case of rich colour walnut, frets of the hood all distressed and in need of restoration, a few cracks to the sides of the hood and a crack across the base, this type of dial and movement are usually found in Dutch wall clocks, it is very unusual to find this movement in a longcase clock, but dial fits well, case is of the same period and therefore unusual but possibly all original, together with three statues, three weights, a doorkey, a pulley and a pendulum
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