Floor clock (one of a pair)

The floor clock (forming a pair with the clock case inventory number Wil.894, mechanism Wil.3050) is housed in a three-part high cabinet typical of English longcase clocks of the early 18th century.

The overlapping hood is covered with a mansard roof decorated with pinnacles, topped with a semi-circle, with a glazed door and two side peep-holes houses the mechanism with the dial. The slender shaft of the cabinet, also with a door, and the high pedestal on four low, wedge-shaped legs is the place for the long pendulum and weights. The outer surfaces of the cabinet are decorated with walnut veneer, with symmetrical grain patterns.

The clock mechanism has a weight drive, hook catch, long heavy pendulum on a steel pendant. There is a separate drive for the clock and calendar mechanism, a separate drive for the striking of the half-hours and hours with a comb system, and a separate carillon with two melodies: A Riggadoon and The Happy Clown played on eight bells with sixteen hammers every quarter of an hour. There is also a repetition mechanism.

The clock indicates on the dial: seconds, minutes, hours, days of the month, synodic month and phases of the moon, a beat switch and a change of tune. The hands are open-work in blue steel.

The clock appeared in Wilanów before 1793.

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