Beschreibung:

A DUTCH WALNUT ASTRONOMICAL LONGCASE CLOCK WITH STRIKE AND ALARM BY THOMAS THOMSON, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY THE LINE-INLAID CASE WITH BOMBé SHAPED PLINTH AND CANTED ANGLES, ON SCROLLING FEET, THE RECTANGULAR TRUNK DOOR WITH HOLLOWED CORNERS, GLAZED LENTICLE WITH CAST BRASS MOUNT DEPICTING EUROPA AND THE BULL, THE HOOD WITH LATER SOUND FRETS AND BRASS-CAPPED 3/4 COLUMNS, CONCAVE-MOULDED CADDY TOP WITH LATER CARVED GILTWOOD FINIALS, THE DIAL SIGNED TM. THOMSEN AMSTERDAM ON THE SILVERED CHAPTER RING WITH ARCADED ROMAN AND ARABIC CHAPTERS, BLACK PAINTED PIERCED STEEL HANDS, THE FOLIATE ENGRAVED AND MATTED CENTRE WITH APERTURES FOR THE DAYS OF THE WEEK AND MONTHS WITH CORRESPONDING DEITIES, THE SURROUND PAINTED WITH A LADY AND A GENTLEMAN IN PERIOD COSTUME WITHIN A ROMANTIC LANDSCAPE, THE ASTRONOMICAL ARCH WITH SILVERED ROMAN OUTER CHAPTER RING (III-XII-VIII), INDICATING TIME VIA A BLUED STEEL HAND REVOLVING AGAINST THE MAIN ZODIAC DISC GRAPHICALLY ENGRAVED WITH THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC AND OUTER CALENDAR RING SHOWING THE DATE, MONTH AND ZODIAC, THE CENTRE SHOWING THE PHASES OF THE MOON AND THAT OF THE EQUATOR (SUNRISE/SUNSET) THROUGH AN ARCHED CUT-OUT IN A DISC ENGRAVED ON THE LEFT WITH A SHEPHERD TENDING SHEEP AND COWS WITH THE SUN RISING IN THE DISTANCE, ON THE RIGHT A MARITIME SCENE WITH THE SUN SETTING IN THE DISTANCE, THE FOUR PILLAR MOVEMENT WITH ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT, DUTCH STRIKE ON TWO BELLS, ALARM ASSEMBLY TO THE SIDE OF THE PLATES, MINOR DAMAGES, WITH RESTORATIONS 290CM. HIGH X 73CM. WIDE X 39CM. DEEP