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Museum floor clock with musical mechanism - MÖLLINGER (1726-1767) , FRIEDRICH Neustadt / Mannheim Title: Museum floor clock with musical mechanism. Material: Walnut, burl walnut, cedar and others, partly dyed green, veneered and inlaid. Measurement: 230 x 55,5 x 33 cm. Description: The slender case features a small plinth, a glazed door and a top with a curved and offset gable. Both the plinth and the door are each adorned with an inlaid bouquet of flowers. The gilded front panel features applied, finely openwork rocaille elements. Centrally positioned is the silver-plated dial ring with Roman hour markers and Arabic minute markers. Small seconds below the XII. In the arched panel, a large blued hand and a silver-plated band with the settings for the melodies: ‘March Menu: Allegro Aria Menu: Allegro Aria Presto Polone: March’. Eight-day movement with quarter-hour striking on a bell. The musical mechanism features a barrel and striking on eleven bells. Weights, pendulum and key are present. On a plaque in the dial ring marked ‘Fried. Moellinger Mannheim’ (Friedrich Möllinger, court clockmaker to Elector Carl Theodor of the Palatinate from January 1759. From that time onwards, he held a contract for the maintenance of the clocks in the so-called White Room in Mannheim Palace), Abeler p.388). Friedrich Möllinger was a member of the prominent Möllinger family of watchmakers. He, too, enjoyed close ties to the Mannheim court and held the title of court watchmaker. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: The lot is unsuitable for parcel shipping. Transport only by shipping company after consultation following the auction. additional shipping insurance Shipping insurance up to total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: max. 41.65 Euro over a total invoice amount of 25,000 Euros: 1.8 o/oo USA by individual arrangement after the auction. #Friedrich Möllinger (1726-1767) #Germany #Clocks.