A Dutch walnut and marquetry longcase clock, the case on carved claw-and-ball feet supporting the bombé plinth inlaid with bird and floral marquetry, similar marquetry to the arched trunk door with oval lentical, the hood with brass-capped ¾-columns supporting the caddy top with typical carved gilt-wood figures, the dial signed Gerit Bramer Amsterdam on a silvered plaque in the arch, silvered chapter ring with matted centre having ringed winding holes, subsidiary seconds ring and decorated calendar aperture, pierced blued hands, seasonal spandrels, the four pillar Dutch striking movement with anchor escapement and alarm assembly to one side