Longcase clock Standing clock, Standing clock glued with burr walnut on an oak core. The cupboard has a door with an oval opening surrounded by leaf edges and rests on a wider base on ball legs. The clock case has hinged Corinthian column and quarter columns and is decorated with inserted leaf and flower vines. The attachment consists of open-worked acanthus drinks, with an eagle on the corners. The dial, behind glass and surrounded by brass leaf vines, indicates the time, date and moon phase and is marked: 'Huijgens Amsterdam', ornaments, art, anonymous, Amsterdam, c. 1690 - c. 1695, walnut
Longcase clock Standing clock, Standing clock glued with burr walnut on an oak core. The cupboard has a door with an oval opening surrounded by leaf edges and rests on a wider base on ball legs. The clock case has hinged Corinthian column and quarter columns and is decorated with inserted leaf and flower vines. The attachment consists of open-worked acanthus drinks, with an eagle on the corners. The dial, behind glass and surrounded by brass leaf vines, indicates the time, date and moon phase and is marked: 'Huijgens Amsterdam', ornaments, art, anonymous, Amsterdam, c. 1690 - c. 1695, walnut (hardwood), oak (wood), brass (alloy), glass, h cm × w cm × d cm
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