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A DUTCH ROCOCO STYLE WALNUT LONG CASE CLOCK
The circular brass dial with Arabic and Roman chapters enclosing a seconds dial, painted apertures for the date, days of the week and months of the year, within foliate spandrels, below phases of the moon arch and a pair of arches engraved with a harbor scene and a landscape, the arched hood with blind foliate-scroll panels surmounted with a figure of Atlantis, flanked by female finials, the trunk carved with scrolling foliage, above a bombe base, on ball-and-claw feet, with printed label MAATSCHAPPII TOT EXPLOIATTE VA/STAATSSPOORWEGEN VRACHTGOEP/VAN....
112in. (284cm.) high, 24in. (62cm.) wide, 13in. (34cm.) deep
The circular brass dial with Arabic and Roman chapters enclosing a seconds dial, painted apertures for the date, days of the week and months of the year, within foliate spandrels, below phases of the moon arch and a pair of arches engraved with a harbor scene and a landscape, the arched hood with blind foliate-scroll panels surmounted with a figure of Atlantis, flanked by female finials, the trunk carved with scrolling foliage, above a bombe base, on ball-and-claw feet, with printed label MAATSCHAPPII TOT EXPLOIATTE VA/STAATSSPOORWEGEN VRACHTGOEP/VAN....
112in. (284cm.) high, 24in. (62cm.) wide, 13in. (34cm.) deep
Sale room notice
Please note that the glass panel at the front of the hood was broken during the exhibition and will be restored at Christie's expense.