PAULUS BRAMER EN ZOON, AMSTERDAM, MID 18TH CENTURY

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A Dutch burr-walnut and walnut musical longcase clock
Paulus Bramer en zoon, Amsterdam, Mid 18th century
The case of typical form, the moulded arched hood with pierced sound frets, surmounted by giltwood figural finials, above a cartouche shaped trunk door with gilt brass mount lenticle depicting the Rape of Europa, the case with canted angles, the plinth on scrolling feet. The dial polychrome painted with the four evangelists, the arched silvered chapter ring, signed PAULUS BRAMER EN ZOON AMSTERDAM, with brass engraved and matted centre with subsidiary seconds ring, flanked by sectors for month and day of week, above the painted and enrgaved rolling moonphase, the six pillar triple-barrel movement with anchor escapement, striking the hours, half hours and quarters on two seperate bells, the musical movement mounted horizontally above the movement, the 30 cm. long pinned brass barrel playing six tunes via twenty-six hammers on fiftheen bells; pendulum, three brass weights, doorkey and winding key
280 cm. high

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Paulus Bramer, Amsterdam (b. ? - 1770), probably born in 1696, is recorded to be married in 1716, but the first record of his name is in an advertisement from June 1715, in which he offered various clocks for sale. Bramer was a very productive clockmaker who made watches, table clocks and longcase clocks. He is most famous for his complicated and ornate clocks some with musical movements and other complications such as moonphases and calendar-works. Even though his son Jurriaan (b.? - 1769) owned his own workshop, they shared the profits and signed clocks together.