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Actions	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Image(s) TitleLongcase Clock with Bell Playing Movement Creator Allin Walker (watchmaker)‎ PlaceAmsterdam (The Netherlands) Year ca. 1740 Object number0690 Object categorymechanical instruments with bells, timepieces with musical movements Object nametimepiece with bells, longcase clock DescriptionThe case of this longcase clock, as is usual for this type of clocks, is made of oak veneered with burr walnut. The interior shows great similarity to that of the Allin Walker table clock (cat. no. 0203), but differs in two important ways: the driving force is not provided by springs but by weights, and the cylinder can be changed. The most common indications on the dials of Amsterdam musical clocks are: seconds, minutes, hours, date, the day of the week with image and symbol, the time of high water in the harbor, and of course the selection program of the various melodies (sometimes as many as 24 per cylinder!). Accompanying textsOorspronkelijk: verwisselbare cilinders en bijbehorende melodiesegmenten, nu nog 1 cilinder met 16 melodieën. De 16 melodieën zijn paarsgewijs vermeld: van ieder tweetal vormt de eerste het voorspel voor het hele uur en de tweede (kortere) het voorspel voor het halve uur. Iedere cilinder had zijn eigen messing-verzilverd programmasegment met de daarop gegraveerde titels van de diverse liederen en dansen. Bij wisseling van de muziekrollen moesten dus tegelijkertijd ook deze programmasegmenten in de lunet verwisseld worden. De melodieën die ten gehore worden gebracht, waren in deze tijd populair en in ook wel met tekst bekend. In the 18th century these clocks were status symbols, reserved only for the elite. Not surprisingly, therefore, such clocks were richly decorated. Symbolic elements were often used for this purpose. The bronze figures crowning the clock are, from left to right, the gods Mercury (trade), Chronos (father time) and the goddess Athene (wisdom). The tide in the Amsterdam harbor is also represented here, essential knowledge for those in trade. Dimensions geheel height: 310 cm geheel width: 80 cm geheel depth: 41 cm cilinder length: 28 cm cilinder diameter: 9.5 cm Keywordsprogrammadrager: cylinder geluidsbron: bells aandrijving: weights echappement: ankergang

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TitleLongcase Clock with Bell Playing Movement

Creator Allin Walker (watchmaker)‎

PlaceAmsterdam (The Netherlands)

Year ca. 1740

Object number0690

Object categorymechanical instruments with bells, timepieces with musical movements

Object nametimepiece with bells, longcase clock

DescriptionThe case of this longcase clock, as is usual for this type of clocks, is made of oak veneered with burr walnut. The interior shows great similarity to that of the Allin Walker table clock (cat. no. 0203), but differs in two important ways: the driving force is not provided by springs but by weights, and the cylinder can be changed. The most common indications on the dials of Amsterdam musical clocks are: seconds, minutes, hours, date, the day of the week with image and symbol, the time of high water in the harbor, and of course the selection program of the various melodies (sometimes as many as 24 per cylinder!).

Accompanying textsOorspronkelijk: verwisselbare cilinders en bijbehorende melodiesegmenten, nu nog 1 cilinder met 16 melodieën. De 16 melodieën zijn paarsgewijs vermeld: van ieder tweetal vormt de eerste het voorspel voor het hele uur en de tweede (kortere) het voorspel voor het halve uur. Iedere cilinder had zijn eigen messing-verzilverd programmasegment met de daarop gegraveerde titels van de diverse liederen en dansen. Bij wisseling van de muziekrollen moesten dus tegelijkertijd ook deze programmasegmenten in de lunet verwisseld worden. De melodieën die ten gehore worden gebracht, waren in deze tijd populair en in ook wel met tekst bekend.

In the 18th century these clocks were status symbols, reserved only for the elite. Not surprisingly, therefore, such clocks were richly decorated. Symbolic elements were often used for this purpose. The bronze figures crowning the clock are, from left to right, the gods Mercury (trade), Chronos (father time) and the goddess Athene (wisdom). The tide in the Amsterdam harbor is also represented here, essential knowledge for those in trade.

Dimensions

geheel height: 310 cm
geheel width: 80 cm
geheel depth: 41 cm
cilinder length: 28 cm
cilinder diameter: 9.5 cm

Keywordsprogrammadrager: cylinder
geluidsbron: bells
aandrijving: weights
echappement: ankergang

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