Lantern clock with clock weights
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1579
CASE: Posted frame with four corner pillars, angled and with deeply-cut Gothic mouldings at the top and near the middle, the pillars splayed out at the bottom and ending in vertical slightly-moulded feet and each surmounted by a finial with ball top.
Signed in pointille on the lower strap “EL 1579” (for Erhard Liechti). The movement trains mounted between three vertical strips that are 2.2cm wide. The bell contained within four stepped straps, decorated by florets and surmounted by a finial ending in four down-turned petals. The rear nag’s head gives a single stroke at the half-hours, by direct operation from the right-hand bell-hammer. The Liechti family of clockmakers were active for more than 300 years.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Depth 170 mm; Height 426 mm; Width 195 mm
- Materials and techniques
- Wrought iron with painted dial
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Winterthur
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O325823
- Museum object number
- M.6:1 to 3-1932
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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