A DUTCH MAHOGANY VENEERED LONGCASE CLOCK with canted plinth, the trunk door with cast lenticle of a flaming urn surrounded by a chequered band and a floral carved panel and flanked by turned columns headed by ormolu capitals, the hood with urn-shaped finial and pierced frieze and side frets, caddy top with Father Time and herald figures, the silvered arched dial with moon phase, chapter ring with Arabic and Roman numerals signed Jacobus Waten en Zoon Amsterdam, matted centre with alarm ring, subsidiary seconds, date aperture, month and weekday sectors, the eight day four pillar movement with rack strike on two bells, 18th Century
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A DUTCH MAHOGANY VENEERED LONGCASE CLOCK with canted plinth, the trunk door with cast lenticle of a flaming urn surrounded by a chequered band and a floral carved panel and flanked by turned columns headed by ormolu capitals, the hood with urn-shaped finial and pierced frieze and side frets, caddy top with Father Time and herald figures, the silvered arched dial with moon phase, chapter ring with Arabic and Roman numerals signed Jacobus Waten en Zoon Amsterdam, matted centre with alarm ring, subsidiary seconds, date aperture, month and weekday sectors, the eight day four pillar movement with rack strike on two bells, 18th Century
301 cm high
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