Monogrammist "AMW" Im Schild - Augsburg Table Clock
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
circa 1590
An Augsburg square cased table clock of museum quality, with hour strike and alarm The side panels are decorated with finely cast relief friezes depicting allegorical scenes based on the designs of the Swiss-German pewterer and block cutter Caspar Enderlein (1560–1633).
They show the figures Minerva, Rhetorica, Dialectica, and Grammatica set within oval cartouches, with various city views in the background. The movement bears the master’s mark "AMW". Jürgen Abeler attributes the monogram "AMW" to an unknown master. Works associated with this maker include: a table clock dating from 1590 in the British Museum, a hexagonal table clock (Stiftsmuseum Klosterneuburg), an astronomical table clock, a square table clock, a crucifix clock, and this clock.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- 75 x 120 x 120 mm
Identification
- Candidate id
- inv-monogrammist-amw-im-schild-augsburg-table-clock-228-c-164b065320
- Museum object number
- 164b065320
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
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