Hooded wall clock with calendar, Ahasuerus I Fromanteel, ca. 1660–65
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1660–65
Hooded wall clock with calendar made by Ahasuerus I Fromanteel (British, Norwich, England 1607–1693), dated ca. 1660–65, from British, London. The museum records its materials as: Case: ebony and oak veneered with ebony, ebonized wood, gilded brass; Dial: gilded brass with silvered-brass chapter ring; Movement: brass, steel.
Recorded dimensions: Overall: 19 1/2 × 12 × 7 1/4 in. (49.5 × 30.5 × 18.4 cm); Width (dial plate): 8 1/4 in. (21 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 1974.28.93; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
- 4
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Medium
- Case: ebony and oak veneered with ebony, ebonized wood, gilded brass; Dial: gilded brass with silvered-brass chapter ring; Movement: brass, steel
- Materials
- Case: ebony and oak veneered with ebony, ebonized wood, gilded brass; Dial: gilded brass with silvered-brass chapter ring; Movement: brass, steel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 19 1/2 × 12 × 7 1/4 in. (49.5 × 30.5 × 18.4 cm); Width (dial plate): 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 19 1/2 × 12 × 7 1/4 in. (49.5 × 30.5 × 18.4 cm); Width (dial plate): 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)
Identification
- Culture
- British, London
- Date recorded
- ca. 1660–65
- Maker recorded
- Clockmaker: Ahasuerus I Fromanteel (British, Norwich, England 1607–1693)
- Museum attribution
- Ahasuerus I Fromanteel
- Museum object name
- Wall clock
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 1974.28.93
Catalogue references
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Research required
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