Long-case musical clock

Meurs, Otto van (1714 - 1783)

Unknown (Dutch)

Item type:

decorative art

Date of creation:

ca. 1750-1775

Height:

280.7 cm  (110 1/2 in.)

Width:

61.0 cm  (24 in.)

Depth:

33.0 cm  (13 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oak with burl walnut veneer, mahogany inlay (possibly with later additions), walnut moldings, and a gilt brass mount; silvered, gilt and painted brass dial

Place of creation:

Nederland

Description

Gallery text from museum website: Crafted by one of the leading clockmakers in eighteenth-century Amsterdam, this clock displays important information but is also a richly symbolic object. Its elaborately ornamented dial keeps time and indicates the days of the week, the month, the phase of the moon, the lunar date, and the tides. The case, inlaid with woods imported from around the world, is adorned with a gilt brass mount showing Father Time holding an hourglass. Finials representing Atlas and a pair of trumpeting angels rise at the top of the pediment.
The true marvel of this clock is its music. To mark the hour, a set of ten carillon bells powered by an internal gear train sounds one of eight popular tunes.

Iconclass

11G
angels
46A123
herald

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Fanfare trumpet [4401]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Case, mounts, and face by unidentified artists

RIdIM record id

5721