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7746 - Holland, musical grandfather clock, Louis XV style, circa 1900; movement driven by three weights, with an eight-day power reserve. Regulated by an anchor escapement in combination with a pendulum, featuring Dutch half-hour striking on two alternating bells. Musical movement with six melodies played on a pinned cylinder via a set of bells and hammers. Brass and silver-plated engraved dial with full calendar, indicators for “playing”/“not playing” and “striking”/“not striking,” a rolling moon, and finely pierced hands. Signed “Dirk van Haarst Amsterdam,” but made by the Hague firm van Wijck based on antique models. Bur walnut-veneered oak case with a domed top featuring figures of Atlas and the Victories. Foliate openwork on the front and sides. Long door with a cast brass Chronos lenticle; the bombé base rests on ball-and-claw feet. Complete with pendulum, three weights, and winding key. Most likely made by the Hague firm van Wijck. Height: approx. 320 cm. Provenance: from a private Amsterdam estate, acquired between the 1960s and 1980s [1] A grandfather clock, Dirk van Haarst, ca. 1775, Amsterdam; running, striking, and musical mechanisms with various melodies; dial decorated with engraved biblical scenes (Adam and Eve) in an oak and burl-veneered case with floral marquetry on baluster legs, featuring a curved lower case, a contoured openwork canopy with a carved element crowned by an Atlas figure and two angels; height approx. 320 cm
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Holland, musical grandfather clock, Louis XV style, circa 1900; movement driven by three weights, with an eight-day power reserve. Regulated by an anchor escapement in combination with a pendulum, featuring Dutch half-hour striking on two alternating bells. Musical movement with six melodies played on a pinned cylinder via a set of bells and hammers. Brass and silver-plated engraved dial with full calendar, indicators for “playing”/“not playing” and “striking”/“not striking,” a rolling moon, and finely pierced hands. Signed “Dirk van Haarst Amsterdam,” but made by the Hague firm van Wijck based on antique models. Bur walnut-veneered oak case with a domed top featuring figures of Atlas and the Victories. Foliate openwork on the front and sides. Long door with a cast brass Chronos lenticle; the bombé base rests on ball-and-claw feet. Complete with pendulum, three weights, and winding key. Most likely made by the Hague firm van Wijck. Height: approx. 320 cm. Provenance: from a private Amsterdam estate, acquired between the 1960s and 1980s [1] A grandfather clock, Dirk van Haarst, ca. 1775, Amsterdam; running, striking, and musical mechanisms with various melodies; dial decorated with engraved biblical scenes (Adam and Eve) in an oak and burl-veneered case with floral marquetry on baluster legs, featuring a curved lower case, a contoured openwork canopy with a carved element crowned by an Atlas figure and two angels; height approx. 320 cm
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