98th Auction
2018/11/10
Lot 296
Jacob Ratsma, Amsterdam, 55 x 91 x 43 mm, 203 g, circa 1700
A large shell-shaped pendant watch with date in a rock crystal case
Case: silver and rock crystal. Engraved frame, hinged and grooved rock crystal cover and back. Dial: silver, champlevé, blued center with applied silver ornaments, finely cut hands. Movm.: round brass full plate movement, chain/fusee, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance.
Jacob Ratsma came from a large family of smiths and watch- and clockmakers. He donated a town clock to Harlingen in exchange for the position of town clockmaker for himself and his descendants.
His son Tjeert Jacobsz Ratsma (1696-1781) of Harlingen was particularly successful as a maker of timepieces. He went to Amsterdam as a young man to learn the trade and after his training he returned to Harlingen as a master watch- and clockmaker.
A large shell-shaped pendant watch with date in a rock crystal case
Case: silver and rock crystal. Engraved frame, hinged and grooved rock crystal cover and back. Dial: silver, champlevé, blued center with applied silver ornaments, finely cut hands. Movm.: round brass full plate movement, chain/fusee, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance.
Jacob Ratsma came from a large family of smiths and watch- and clockmakers. He donated a town clock to Harlingen in exchange for the position of town clockmaker for himself and his descendants.
His son Tjeert Jacobsz Ratsma (1696-1781) of Harlingen was particularly successful as a maker of timepieces. He went to Amsterdam as a young man to learn the trade and after his training he returned to Harlingen as a master watch- and clockmaker.
Sold
estimated
11.000—15.000 €
Price realized
17.300 €