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A Dutch Amsterdam burr walnut alarm longcase clock, Andries Vermeulen, circa 1725
Estimate
7,500 - 10,000 EUR
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Description
- height 252cm
30.5-cm engraved brass dial with ringed winding holes, engraved silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals signed And. Vermeulen Amsterdam, foliate pierced hands and silvered alarm disc, subsidiary seconds and apertures for date, day, daysign, tide and moonphase, season spandrels, anchor movement with rack Dutch half hour striking on alternating bells, alarm on a single bell, burr walnut veneered case with cushion top surmounted by a giltwood atlas and two angels, moulded break arch cornice above pierced frets, glazed door with brass capped columns, straight trunk, long break arch door with oval lenticle, square moulded base with ebonized borders raised on bold feet