Second half 18th century The case with bookmatched veneer, the violin-shaped hood with carved tendrils and openwork decoration, surmounted by carved giltwood figures in contemporary eighteenth-century dress, the silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, windows showing the date and lunar phase, signed 'Thomas Thomsen Amsteldam' (for Thomas Thomson), above a richly painted panel depicting the East offering its riches, the eight-day mechanism with anchor escapement, chiming on two bells on the whole hour and half hour in full, with alarm mechanism.