English Neoclassical Adam Style satinwood tall case clock, pine secondary. Swan's neck pediment with brass urn form finials, arched hood door flanked by free-standing round columns; engraved brass clock face with hour and minute hands, seconds dial, date dial, lunar dial, and scrolling foliate and mask relief spandrels, plate on face engraved "Vincent Menil Amsterdam". Arched trunk door; cove molded base with bracket feet. Polychrome paint decoration throughout including a floral basket to the hood; swag, bellflower, and central cherub decoration to trunk door with grape cluster and vine border; and the base with a painted vignette depicting a Roman or Greek soldier, framed by foliate swags and bellflowers. 7 day brass time and strike movement with bell. 95" H x 16 1/4" W x 9" D. Clock case English, first half 19th century; works Dutch, 18th century. Note: Menil (Mensil) was a clock maker based out of Amsterdam but he also worked in London and other areas of England. He is listed in the The National Archives of Kew as "Will of Vincent Menil or Menill, Clockmaker of Amsterdam, 10 October 1728". Born 1681 in Amsterdam, he was the son of Jacques Menil, also a clock maker. He had his workshop in the Schoutensteeg. Many Amsterdam clockmakers with a French family name had emigrated from France as refugees (Huguenots) in the 16-17-18th century (Source: http://www.amsterdamshorloge.nl/vincent-mesnil.html).

PROVENANCE: The Estate of Pia Stratton, Nashville, Tennessee.

CONDITION: Right side molding to case hood is missing, otherwise overall very good condition with scattered minor age splits to wood. Case and works are a marriage with the works pre-dating the case. Retains weights and pendulum. Not tested for functionality.