Table clock by Caspar Behaim, German, possibly Nuremberg, case 1554, movement ca. 1680
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
case 1554, movement ca. 1680
Table clock made by Caspar Behaim (Chasparus Bohemus) (Austrian, active 1568–84), dated case 1554, movement ca. 1680, from German, possibly Nuremberg. The museum records its materials as: Case: gilt brass; Movement: iron stackfreed mechanism. Recorded dimensions: Overall: 1 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (3.2 × 6.4 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 17.190.1513; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 5
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Medium
- Case: gilt brass; Movement: iron stackfreed mechanism
- Dimensions
- Overall: 1 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (3.2 × 6.4 cm)
- Materials museum
- Case: gilt brass; Movement: iron stackfreed mechanism
- Dimensions museum
- Overall: 1 1/4 × 2 1/2 in. (3.2 × 6.4 cm)
Identification
- Culture
- German, possibly Nuremberg
- Date recorded
- case 1554, movement ca. 1680
- Maker recorded
- Clockmaker: Caspar Behaim (Chasparus Bohemus) (Austrian, active 1568–84)
- Museum department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Museum object name
- Table clock
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 17.190.1513
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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, maker attribution and specifications against horological references.