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A Dutch Amsterdam burr walnut alarm longcase clock with father time automaton, Nicolaas Weylandt, circa 1740
Estimate
12,000 - 15,000 EUR
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Description
- height 275cm including atlas
31-cm engraved brass dial engraved silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds, pierced blue hands, season spandrels, apertures for date, day and moonphase in the arch with a polychrome painted Father Time automaton with connection to the going train of the anchor movement with rack Dutch half hour striking on alternating bells, alarm on the large bell, burr walnut veneered case with shaped top surmounted by a giltwood atlas and two angels, moulded cornice with carved ornament over foliate pierced frets, glazed break arch door with brass capped columns, canted trunk, long shaped door with brass urn lenticle, moulded canted base raised on claw feet