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A DUTCH SIMULATED BURR-WALNUT MULBERRY EIGHT DAY MUSICAL LONGCASE CLOCK, late 18th/early 19th Century
The pagoda topped hood with blind-fret frieze above cylindrical pilaster column uprights to the angles, surmounted by the figure of Hercules flanked by trumpeting angles, the engraved brass dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring enclosing a matted centre with subsidiary seconds ring and date aperture inscribed on a panel Gerritt P. Bramer Amsterdam within female mask spandrels, the arch with ring and pointer indicating four airs, the four pillar movement with anchor escapment, striking eleven bells, the trunk with canted angles flanking a boxwood lined door with pendulum aperture within a gilt bronze rocaille cast mount, on a bombe plinth with claw-and-ball feet to the front
114½in. (291cm.) high
*5,000-6,000
The pagoda topped hood with blind-fret frieze above cylindrical pilaster column uprights to the angles, surmounted by the figure of Hercules flanked by trumpeting angles, the engraved brass dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring enclosing a matted centre with subsidiary seconds ring and date aperture inscribed on a panel Gerritt P. Bramer Amsterdam within female mask spandrels, the arch with ring and pointer indicating four airs, the four pillar movement with anchor escapment, striking eleven bells, the trunk with canted angles flanking a boxwood lined door with pendulum aperture within a gilt bronze rocaille cast mount, on a bombe plinth with claw-and-ball feet to the front
114½in. (291cm.) high
*5,000-6,000