Lot Essay
Douwe Jelles Tasma (1753-1845) was active in Grouw and Gorredijk. (Enrico Morpurgo, Nederlandse klokken- en horlogemakers vanaf 1300, Amsterdam, 1970, p.123)
BY DOUWE JELLES TASMA, 19TH CENTURY
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a frisian "staartklok"
By Douwe Jelles Tasma, 19th Century
The oak case of typical form with polychrome-painted repoussé brass finials to the double breakarch hood and glazed panel to the backboard overlaid with a brass frame, both sides and front painted with different village and lake scenes, the dial painted with the name D:J: Tasma, surmounted by painted seasonal spandrels and a scene of a Saint and a maiden, with pierced brass hands and alarm disc, the weight-driven movement with anchor escapement and strike/alarm on a bell
178cm. high
By Douwe Jelles Tasma, 19th Century
The oak case of typical form with polychrome-painted repoussé brass finials to the double breakarch hood and glazed panel to the backboard overlaid with a brass frame, both sides and front painted with different village and lake scenes, the dial painted with the name D:J: Tasma, surmounted by painted seasonal spandrels and a scene of a Saint and a maiden, with pierced brass hands and alarm disc, the weight-driven movement with anchor escapement and strike/alarm on a bell
178cm. high