# Longcase clock

- By: Pieter van den Bergh
- Date: c. 1780
- Medium: maple (wood), gilding (material), wood (plant material), rosewood (wood), purpleheart (wood), linen (material), brass (alloy), glass, oak (wood)
- Classification: mechanical clock
- Dimensions: height 280 cm x width 63.5 cm x depth 32 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-1960-25--bd524d7bd6cd2b760ede33411837baa6)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/vxwIX/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The case of this clock is designed to resemble a Classical column, with the fluting (narrow, vertical grooves) rendered in marquetry. Above the clock face are a mechanism with moving ships and a painted view of Rotterdam. In 1780 the Rotterdam cabinetmaker Oerberg organized a lottery, in which he most likely put up this clock as a prize.