Wall clock with molded base and cornice and twisted corner columns, on a vase-shaped backboard

Wall clock veneered with ebony on an oak core. Mounted on the fretted vase-shaped backboard, which is veneered with rosewood, are black pearwood brackets supporting the case.

The latter has a molded base and cornice, twisted corner columns, and glass doors on the sides. The dial is brass, gilded cherubs serve as spandrels; below the dial is a moon-phase indicator, flanked by gilded cherubs. The backing is of black velvet. The case is surmounted in the center by bells, upon which is an allegorical female figure, and on the front and sides cast lead pediments with foliate scrollwork, containing Faith, Hope, and Charity on the front; on the sides are lions bearing the coat of arms of Amsterdam, beneath which is the motto "Nu elck zijn sin".

The flat pendulum bob appears in an oval aperture in the backboard. Below it, a gilded cherub is set amid ornamentation. The weights hang from cords. Marked on the dial: D. Engel, Westzaan. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-3136; its record gives material recorded as lead (metal), iron (metal), wood (plant material), velvet (fabric weave), pear (wood), rosewood (wood), brass (alloy), glass, oak (wood); measurements height 78 cm x width 36 cm x depth 22.5 cm.

Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.