Longcase clock, Clockmaker: Mario Gambelli (Italian, active 1766), 1766, Italian, Bologna, Case: partly gilded walnut and pine with later additions of various woods; Dial: brass; Movement: brass and steel, Overall: 96 1/2 × 23 × 15 3/4 in. (245.1 × 58.4 × 40 cm), Horology, Clockmaker: Mario Gambelli (Italian, active 1766), 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
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Longcase clock, Clockmaker, Mario Gambelli, Italian, active 1766, 1766, Bologna, Case, partly gilded walnut, pine, later additions, various woods, Dial, brass, Movement, steel, Overall, 96 1/2, 23, 15 3/4, 245.1, 58.4, 40 cm, Horology, Clockmaker: Mario, active, clock, strikes, hours, quarters, two bells, previous hour, repeated, first, second, third quarter, lower-pitched bell, hours struck, six, registered four, times, day, system, current, Italy, eighteenth century
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