Movement driven by three weights, duration of eight days. Regulated by anchor escapement in combination with a pendulum, Dutch half-hour striking on two alternating bells. Musical movement with six melodies playing on pinned cylinder on a set of bells and hammers. Brass and silverered engraved dial with full calender, indication of playing/not playing, strik/not strike, rolling moon, finely pierced hands, Signed Dirk van Haarst Amsterdam, but made by The Hague firm van Wijck after antique examples. Bur walnut veneered oak case with domed top with figures of Atlas and Victories. Foliate pierced fretwork on the front and sides. Long door with a cast brass Chronos lenticle, bombé base is raised on ball-and-claw feet. Complete with pendulum, three weights and winding key. Most probably made by the Hague firm van Wijck.

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