# Clock Case

- By: Matthijs Horrix (Krefeld, 1735–1809)
- Date: c. 1780
- Medium: beech (wood), mahogany (wood), maple (wood), walnut (hardwood), lacquer (coating), olive (wood), linden, elm (wood), yew (wood), alder (wood), rosewood (wood), oak (wood)
- Classification: pendulekast
- Dimensions: height 149.5 cm x width 75 cm x depth 50 cm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Rijksmuseum-Stichting
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-1997-40--d46e5c579e082ebbe3d4d1519a4828f2)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/TRXmc/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia commissioned this case to house a special clock given to her by her uncle, King Frederick the Great. Horrix designed the case in the shape of a Chinese pagoda and veneered it with 17th-century Japanese lacquer. Wilhelmina placed this clock case in her bedroom in the Stadtholder’s residence in The Hague.<br>