J.P. KROESE, AMSTERDAM. THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A DUTCH GREEN-PAINTED AND PARCEL-GILT CARVED WOOD BRACKET CLOCK ON WALL BRACKET
J.P. KROESE, AMSTERDAM. THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
The waisted case with pierced brass side panels and a giltwood vase finial, the polychrome painted brass dial plate decorated with Neptune and Mercury emblematic of Trade, standing in front of wooden barrels and crates, one crate inscribed VoC, the white enamel Roman and Arabic dial signed J.P. KROESE/AMSTERDAM, pierced and engraved brass hour hand, later brass minute hand, the five pillar twin chain-fusee movement with anchor escapement and silk suspension, strike on two bells with trip repeat, the wall bracket with carved parcel-gilt C-scrolls, flowers and leaves; the case and bracket partially redecorated; pendulum; winding key.
76 cm. high (overall) (2)

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Lot Essay

Johannes Pieter Kroese (1702-1778) was first recorded working in Amsterdam in the Kalverstraat in 1729. He later worked with his son, who took over the business in 1775.
The present lot belongs to a group of Dutch carved wood bracket clocks made under the influence of the French Rococo style which was highly fashionable in the Netherlands in the mid 18th century.
See also Dr. J.L. Sellink, DUTCH ANTIQUE DOMESTIC CLOCKS, Leiden 1973, p. 109-111, ill. 4.16a and 4.16b. for a clock of related design by Kroese.

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