7e zitting Klokken, pendules en barometers: 7700-7747 - Klokken, pendules en barometers
Holland, longcase clock, Louis XV, signed Johannes du Chesne, circa 1760;
Movement with two weights, duration of eight days. Regulated by an anchor escapement in combination with pendulum. Dutch half hour striking on two bells. Polychrome painted dial with automatom of rocking ships and sea creatures before a scene of the anchorage of Batavia flanked by figures of Mercury and Neptune. Full calender with finely painted seasons disc, finely pierced hands, central seconds hand. The walnut veneerd oak case with partly marquetry inlay of flowers. The hood with figures of Atlas, Mercury and Fortuna, bombe base raised on ball and claw feet. Complete with pendulum, two weights and
303 (including Atlas) x 73 x 38 cm
Provenance: a private Amsterdam estate, 1981-now. Auction: Collectie H. Smidt van Gelder, Belvedère, te Overveen, de Zwaan, 7-10 april 1981, lot number
Taxatie: € 15.000 - € 25.000
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