A Dutch walnut longcase clock, the typical bombé case on four bracket feet with outset angles to the plinth, the trunk with canted angles and shaped door with foliate carved top and lenticle with foliate cast surround centred with the figure of the nymph Europa being born away by Zeus formed as a bull, the arched hood centred with foliate carving and moulded caddy, the dial signed Hendrik Vollenhove Amsterdam on the silvered chapter ring, the matted centre with calendar and moonphase apertures, ringed winding holes, black painted pierced hour hand, later minute hand, crown-and-sceptre spandrels, added arch, the four pillar movement with inside countwheel Dutch strike and anchor escapement; composite

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A Dutch walnut longcase clock, the typical bombé case on four bracket feet with outset angles to the plinth, the trunk with canted angles and shaped door with foliate carved top and lenticle with foliate cast surround centred with the figure of the nymph Europa being born away by Zeus formed as a bull, the arched hood centred with foliate carving and moulded caddy, the dial signed Hendrik Vollenhove Amsterdam on the silvered chapter ring, the matted centre with calendar and moonphase apertures, ringed winding holes, black painted pierced hour hand, later minute hand, crown-and-sceptre spandrels, added arch, the four pillar movement with inside countwheel Dutch strike and anchor escapement; composite
8ft.in. (246cm.) high

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