Lot Details
Lot 374
Dutch Rococo Brass-Mounted Walnut Longcase Automaton Clock by Antoni Van Oostrom
With engraved brass arched dial, silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals and signed Antoni Van Oostrom / Amsterdam, apertures for day, date, month and moonphase, pierced foliate hands and subsidiary seconds, the arch with polychrome-painted automaton of seven ships on a choppy sea with connection to the movement with anchor escapement and ten bells, burr walnut veneered case with shaped top, surmounted by a gilt finial, the molded cornice with carved ornaments over pierced front and side frets, break arch door with brass capped columns, canted trunk, long shaped door with Father Time lenticle, raised on a molded base. Height 8 feet 9 inches (266.7 cm).
C A Prominent New York Family
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