Table clock with chime and calendar
Also known as: ceas de masă cu sonerie și calendar
Record status
Individual type · partial
Table clock with chime and calendar is held by Nicolae Simache Clock Museum. Museum description: Parallelepipedic case made of wood and glass, with a recessed dome, having marginal decorations of dimpled strips; four small support feet made of bronze; has two access doors to the dial and mechanism; the dial is enamelled in white and is mounted on a brass plate semicircularly arched at the top, with openwork bronze decorations; Arabic numerals for hours and minutes (at 15-minute intervals); the hour ring is doubled by the calendar of days of the month, inscribed every 2 days with Arabic numerals; two hands; above the dial, a medallion with the name of the clockmaker and city, Aloisius/Römy/Hermanstadt (Aloisius Römy in Sibiu), flanked by two small dials for the chime mechanisms (repeat and stop); verge escapement, pendulum visible through a slot; chiming system for quarters, half-hours, and full hours with bells and hammers; remarks: The piece is in mediocre condition.
The museum record gives measurements H = 50 cm; W = 29 cm; D = 15 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.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- wood; brass; bronze; enamel paint; glass
- Dimensions
- I = 50 cm; LĂ = 29 cm; A = 15 cm
Identification
- Europeana id
- /2048047/Clasate_18bdcea04340478189c1eb56d453e0c9
- Museum object name
- ceas de masă cu sonerie și calendar
- Holding institution
- Nicolae Simache Clock Museum
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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