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A DUTCH INLAID MAHOGANY MUSICAL LONGCASE CLOCK WITH AUTOMATON

Starting price
£ 8 000
Auction dateClassic
09.02.2023 10:30UTC +01:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
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ID 892409
Lot 203 | A DUTCH INLAID MAHOGANY MUSICAL LONGCASE CLOCK WITH AUTOMATON
A DUTCH INLAID MAHOGANY MUSICAL LONGCASE CLOCK WITH AUTOMATON

KLAAS J. ANDRIESE, GROUW, DATED 1692, THE CASE 18TH CENTURY

The case with concave sided top and architectural pediment surmounted by Atlas, Chronos and two angels, the hood with glazed door flanked by brass Corinthian capped half columns to the angles, the trunk with fluted columns and brass Corinthian capitals, the door with geometrical inlay, the moulded bombé base with conforming inlay, raised on claw feet, the arched dial with inset silvered chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic minutes, engraved to the lower edge 'KLASS JOHS. ANDRIESE / A GROUW / 1692', pierced blued steel hands, the matted and engraved centre with subsidiary seconds ring and date aperture flanked by triangular-shaped apertures for months and days of the week, each engraved with conforming figures and respectively with days in each month and symbol for weekdays, the lower edge with painted arc for moonphases and age of moon, the lower panel with painted Netherlandish town and canal scene, with automaton of two fishermen, two windmills and a clock tower, the substantial three-train movement with gut lines, joined by five ringed pillars, with anchor escapement and trip repeating Dutch half-hour striking on two alternating bells, the pin barrel activating twenty-seven hammers striking a nest of fifteen bells with a cam linked to tune selection plate engraved 'No's 1-7' to the lower right edge of the dial, silvered plaque to the inside of the trunk door engraved with tunes:

No. 1 DE ZONDAAR ONTWAAKT / DE GEOPENBAARDEGODSDIENST

No. 2 BRUYDEGOMS TROUWE / KERS LIED

No. 3 PSALM 25 / PSALM 116

No. 4 PSALM 42 / VROLYKHEYDVANCRISTEN LEEVEN

No. 5 HEERLYKHEYDS LOP / HARDERS ZANG

No. 6 HOESCHOONDE MORGENSTER / DE REYSE NA JEERUSALEM

No. 7 MARSCHD DISERTEUR / MARSCH

120 in. (305 cm.) high; 27 in. (68.6 cm.) wide; 16 in. (40.6 cm.) deep





Provenance

Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 20 May 2008, lot 487.



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This lot will be stored at Crozier Park Royal and will be available for collection from 12.00pm on the second business day following the sale. Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Crozier Park Royal. All collections from Crozier Park Royal will be by pre-booked appointment only. Tel: +44 (0)20 7839 9060 I Email: [email protected].
Applied technique:Automaton
Medium:Mahogany, Wood
Place of origin:Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands
Auction house category:Clocks - Furnishings
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