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Carillon clock; weight-driven musical clock; originally controlled by balance wheel, movement converted to pendulum in 18thC; outer case of gilded brass, engraved with figures personifying the three theological virtues (Faith, Hope and Charity), the three worldly virtues (Wisdom, Fortitude and Justice) and the three fates of man on the back.
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