A DUTCH MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY LONGCASE CLOCK

A DUTCH MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY LONGCASE CLOCK

BY BARENT DIKHOFF, HAARLEM, LATE 18TH CENTURY

the brass eight day movement with four turned pillars and an anchor escapement striking on two bells, the brass 13 1/4 inch arched dial with a silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, the matted centre with date and day of the week apertures and a subsidiary seconds dial, the arch with a moonphase, with the four seasons spandrels, signed 'Barent Dikhoff, Haarlem', the case inlaid with urns of flowers, with birds and a butterfly, the trunk door with a lenticle, with two brass cased weights and pendulum

215.5cm high