A DUTCH WALNUT VENEERED LONGCASE CLOCK inlaid with chequer bands, the bombé plinth on claw feet, the shaped trunk door with cast lenticle of Father Time, the hood with pierced frets, Atlas and Herald figures to the caddy top, brass dial with matted centre, Arabic and Roman arcaded silvered chapter ring, subsidiary seconds, week, day and month sectors, date aperture and moonphase above an automaton of a harbour scene with sailing vessels and rocking figure of Chronos linked to the anchor escapement of the four pillar movement with double Dutch strike on two bells, signed Jan Heukels, Amsterdam

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A DUTCH WALNUT VENEERED LONGCASE CLOCK inlaid with chequer bands, the bombé plinth on claw feet, the shaped trunk door with cast lenticle of Father Time, the hood with pierced frets, Atlas and Herald figures to the caddy top, brass dial with matted centre, Arabic and Roman arcaded silvered chapter ring, subsidiary seconds, week, day and month sectors, date aperture and moonphase above an automaton of a harbour scene with sailing vessels and rocking figure of Chronos linked to the anchor escapement of the four pillar movement with double Dutch strike on two bells, signed Jan Heukels, Amsterdam
310 cm high
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