Table clock, Bartholomew Newsam, 1580–85
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1580–85
Table clock made by Movement by Bartholomew Newsam (British, recorded 1565, died 1587), dated 1580–85, from British, London. The museum records its materials as: Case: engraved, chased, and gilded brass; dial: silver; movement: brass and steel. Recorded dimensions: Diameter (dial): 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); Diameter (back plate): 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 17.190.1514a; 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
- 4
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Medium
- Case: engraved, chased, and gilded brass; dial: silver; movement: brass and steel
- Materials
- Case: engraved, chased, and gilded brass; dial: silver; movement: brass and steel
- Dimensions
- Diameter (dial): 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); Diameter (back plate): 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
- Dimensions
- Diameter (dial): 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm); Diameter (back plate): 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
Identification
- Culture
- British, London
- Date recorded
- 1580–85
- Maker recorded
- Movement by Bartholomew Newsam (British, recorded 1565, died 1587)
- Museum attribution
- Bartholomew Newsam
- Museum object name
- Table clock
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 17.190.1514a
Catalogue references
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Research required
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