THE MOVEMENT BY ARENT SIKKES (1702-BEFORE 1765) AND THEUNIS SIKKES HAAKMA (1709-1785), LEEUWARDEN, MID 18TH CENTURY

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A Dutch burr-walnut longcase clock
The movement by Arent Sikkes (1702-before 1765) and Theunis Sikkes Haakma (1709-1785), Leeuwarden, mid 18th Century
The case with canted angles, on hairy claw-and-ball feet, the shaped rectangular trunk door with hollowed corners and a glazed lenticle with gilt-metal mount, the hood with turned columns, sound frets to the frieze and sides and an acanthus clasp, the concave caddy-top with later figural finials, the silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic chapters, pierced black steel hands, the matted and engraved centre with silvered seconds ring, month, weekday and day sectors and with silvered plaque inscribed A:&T: HAAKMA/LEEUWAARDEN, surmounted by a painted river landscape with sailing vessels and a rolling moonphase, the five pillar movement with anchor escapement and Dutch strike on two bells, restorations, the arch redecorated in the 19th Century
257cm. high x 62cm. wide x 32cm. deep

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Lot Essay

Arent Sikkes Haakma was born in 1702 in Leeuwarden. He succeeded his father who maintained the clocks of the Nieuwe Toren in Leeuwarden, he remained in this function till 1760. Until 1755 he closely collaborated with his brother Theunis Sikkes Haakma (1709-1785). They worked together under the name A & T Haakma, based in the Koningsstraat, Leeuwarden. With regard to the number of longcase clocks produced there, Leeuwarden was one of the most important centres of Friesland.
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