A DUTCH EBONY WHITE METAL-MOUNTED STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK

BY HENDRIK VAN DRIESSEN, THE HAGUE, 1665-1675

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A DUTCH EBONY WHITE METAL-MOUNTED STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK
BY HENDRIK VAN DRIESSEN, THE HAGUE, 1665-1675
THE CASE WITH BROKEN ARCHED PEDIMENT WITH LATER EBONISED FINIAL, GLAZED SIDES, THE HINGED VELVET COVERED DIAL WITH HINGED WHITE METAL CARTOUCHE PLAQUE SIGNED H. VAN DRIESSEN IN DEN HAGHE, THE WHITE METAL CHAPTER RING WITH ROMAN CHAPTERS AND EVERY MINUTE ENGRAVED, LATER WHITE METAL HANDS, WHITE METAL WINGED CHERUB SPANDRELS, THE MOVEMENT WITH FOUR BACK-PINNED VASE-SHAPED PILLARS, RECTANGULAR PLATES, GOING BARREL, VERGE ESCAPEMENT WITH SILK-SUSPENDED BOB PENDULUM, STRIKE ON BELL BELOW THE PLATES VIA A LARGE COUNTWHEEL CENTRALLY POSITIONED ON THE BACKPLATE WITH REPEAT SIGNATURE ENGRAVED BENEATH
43CM. HIGH

Provenance

WITH FIRMA A.C. BEELING & ZOON, LEEUWARDEN, 1967.

Literature

DR. R. PLOMP, SPRING-DRIVEN DUTCH PENDULUM CLOCKS, 1657-1710, SCHIEDAM, 1979, PP 122-123., ILLUSTRATED.
THE CATALOGUE AND BROCHURE OF THE 19TH "OUDE KUNST EN ANTIEKBEURS" IN DELFT, ILLUSTRATED.
WELTKUNST, JUNE 1967, P. 595, ILLUSTRATED.

Lot Essay

HENDRIK VAN DRIESSEN WAS BORN IN DUSSELDORF, GERMANY. HE MARRIED IN THE HAGUE IN 1666. HE IS STILL MENTIONED IN 1686 BUT HE DIED IN OR BEFORE 1689. (DR. R. PLOMP, SPRING-DRIVEN DUTCH PENDULUM CLOCKS, 1657-1710, SCHIEDAM, 1979, P.122)

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