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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.
Special notice
Following the auction, this lot will be stored at Crozier Park Royal and will be available for collection from 12.00pm on the second business day after 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: cscollectionsuk@christies.com.
Details
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.
Special notice
Following the auction, this lot will be stored at Crozier Park Royal and will be available for collection from 12.00pm on the second business day after 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: cscollectionsuk@christies.com.
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