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ANDRIES VERMEULEN, AMSTERDAM, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY AND LATER
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A DUTCH WALNUT, BURR-WALNUT AND ORMOLU MOUNTED MUSICAL LONGCASE CLOCK
ANDRIES VERMEULEN, AMSTERDAM, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY AND LATER
The hood with stepped pediment and pierced double frets, pilasters flanking the door, the trunk with circular brass mounted lenticle, canted angles, on later rectangular plinth, the brass dial with bird-and-vase lower spandrels to silvered chapterring, matted centre with subsidiary seconds ring centred by date aperture, central day of week sector, all winding holes with applied rings, signed on a silvered plaque Andries Vermeulen/Amsterdam, with further subsidiaries for slaan/niet slaan and speelen/niet speelen to the sides, the arch with engraved and painted rolling moon and six tune selection, the eight day five pillar three train movement with anchor escapement and Dutch strike on two bells, with music on thirteen bells playing six tunes on 15 cm. long pinned barrel positioned to the right side of the movement and into the backboard; pendulum; three weights
285 cm. high
ANDRIES VERMEULEN, AMSTERDAM, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY AND LATER
The hood with stepped pediment and pierced double frets, pilasters flanking the door, the trunk with circular brass mounted lenticle, canted angles, on later rectangular plinth, the brass dial with bird-and-vase lower spandrels to silvered chapterring, matted centre with subsidiary seconds ring centred by date aperture, central day of week sector, all winding holes with applied rings, signed on a silvered plaque Andries Vermeulen/Amsterdam, with further subsidiaries for slaan/niet slaan and speelen/niet speelen to the sides, the arch with engraved and painted rolling moon and six tune selection, the eight day five pillar three train movement with anchor escapement and Dutch strike on two bells, with music on thirteen bells playing six tunes on 15 cm. long pinned barrel positioned to the right side of the movement and into the backboard; pendulum; three weights
285 cm. high
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