Good early Dutch walnut eight day longcase clock, the 13" br...

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£1,200 - £1,800

Good early Dutch walnut eight day longcase clock, the 13" brass arched dial signed Pieter Rossignol, Rotterdam under six o'clock on the brass chapter ring enclosing a matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial, central alarm dial flanked by twin calendar dials and over a calendar aperture, with moon phase to the arch enclosed by a surround engraved with maidens, the movement striking the hours and quarters on two bells, the case with long beaded door fitted with an oval glazed lenticle with pierced vase surround, the hood surmounted by a wavy foliate moulded cornice over a blind foliate fretwork carved frieze, with three ball and spike brass finials, 101" high (two large brass cased weights, alarm weight and key)