Musical mantel clock that belonged to Nicolae Iorga

Musical mantel clock that belonged to Nicolae Iorga is held by Botoșani County Museum - Nicolae Iorga Memorial House. Museum description: Musical mantel clock, mounted on a solid varnished wood base, the mechanism is encased in a cylindrical copper box.

The structure supporting the clock consists of two columns joined by a circular arch, also copper, which has at the apex of the semicircle a globe with open wings (it appears to be a Masonic sign or more likely that of a musical society). The dial appears to be incomplete, lacking the central part which seems to have been of white enamel (if intended as a skeleton clock - with visible mechanism - it would have been more finely crafted).

The preserved part of the dial is of worked and ornamented silver. This entire assembly is cast in bronze and silver-plated, ornamented with vegetal decoration. On the wooden base are mounted mythological scenes, made of silver-plated brass sheet, the silvering mostly worn away, produced by the repoussé method using a template. In the middle, between the two columns that both sup The museum record gives measurements L:18 cm; LA:30 cm; I:45 cm.

These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.