Longcase clock

Clockmaker: Mario Gambelli Italian

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The clock strikes hours and quarters on two bells, with the previous hour repeated at the first, second, and third quarter on the lower-pitched bell. The hours struck are one through six, registered four times a day, in a system that was current in Italy in the eighteenth century.

Longcase clock, Clockmaker: Mario Gambelli (Italian, active 1766), Case: partly gilded walnut and pine with later additions of various woods; Dial: brass; Movement: brass and steel, Italian, Bologna

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