£3,600
ANTONY JANSZEN, AMSTERDAM A MID 18th CENTURY BURR WALNUT AUTOMATON LONGCASE CLOCK the caddy top pediment with pierced sound frets surmounted by carved giltwood figures of Atlas and two trumpeting angels above glazed door flanked by brass-capped turned columns on matching trunk with canted corners and shaped floral inlaid door with central gilt pendulum aperture formed as an urn, standing on inlaid bombé shaped base with ball and claw feet, the 13.5" arched dial having a silvered engraved chapter ring surrounding a matted engraved centre with subsidiary seconds dial and date apertures above a moon phase aperture, alarm dial to centre, the arch having painted seascape revealing rocking galleons and moving waves, the eight-day weight driven movement with alarm, striking the hours on two bells 292cm high to the top of finial - comes with brass cased weights and pendulum
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