Elizabethan organ-clock

Elizabethan musical instrument that works as a barrel-organ and as a clock. The contract was between Randolph Bull, a goldsmith of London, and Richard Stapers, governor of the Merchants Company trading to the Levant. An extraordinary instrument was to be created, fit to be sent from Her Majesty Elizabeth I to any prince or potentate. The design features a figure of Queen Elizabeth I adorned with precious gemstones

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