Three windmills for drawing water Windmill for drawing water, The front and rear walls of a mill are on a rectangular plate. The walls are cut open and bear the pivot on which the blades turn. The blades are toothed. There is a bird on top of every wall of the mill. The edge of the plate is decorated. There is a hole in the plate through which a rope runs that is attached to the spindle and which can make the blades rotate by pulling on it. The mill is marked: mt. = Wessel Jansen, windmill, Wessel Jansen, Amsterdam, c. 1650 - before 1696, silver (metal), h cm × w cm × d cm, Reimagi

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