PIETER KOCK, HAARLEM. SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY, THE MARQUETRY LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A Dutch walnut and floral marquetry musical longcase clock
Pieter Kock, Haarlem. Second half 18th Century, the marquetry late 19th century
The brass dial with female mask and foliate lower spandrels to silvered chapter ring, matted centre with date aperture to subsidiary seconds ring marked at intervals of 10, with sectors below for day of week with zodiacal sign and seasonal figure and for month with zodiacal sign and figure, flanking an applied silvered plaque signed Pieter Kock Haarlem, with rings to the sides for music/no music (lacking hand and cam) and strike/not strike, each painted with flowers in the centre, the arch with six tune selection above painted rolling moon, the substantial eight day movement with six pillars, anchor escapement and Dutch rack strike on two bells, with music on twelve bells via twenty-four hammers operated by a 21.5cm.(8½in) long pinned barrel positioned crossways along the top of the back plate; the case with restorations and replacements to veneers
309 cm. high

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Lot Essay

Pieter Kock (Late 17th century? - 1758) Amsterdam - Haarlem, was registered as orlogimaker in Haarlem in 1727, having been trained as a clockmaker in Amsterdam.
In the early 18th Century, the English influence on Dutch clockmakers was waning. Norris had returned to London in 1693 and Fromanteel died in 1703, his workshop was continued by his son in law Clarcke under name of Fromanteel & Clarke
At the time of Kock's apprenticeship (circa 1715 - 1725), a new Dutch tradition in clock making was growing in Amsterdam; Pieter Kock was one of the first Dutch clockmakers who learned his trade from Dutch clockmakers working in this new tradition.
In Haarlem the English influence persisted up till 1725, it is most likely that Kock introduced the new Dutch clockmaking tradition from Amsterdam to Haarlem.
J. Zeeman De Nederlandse Staande Klok, Zwolle 1996, p. 159.

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