German Drum Table-Clock
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1581
Case: Gilt-metal drum-shaped case, the side cast and chased with cartouche work and fruit in relief. The base cover punched in the inside 1581 and engraved on the outside with arabesque foliage and including hounds and hares and the motto "posui deum adiutorem meum".
Movement plates 4 inches diameter, iron, the turned pillars are also iron. Going train with fusee of 6 turns and chain and of iron throughout. A gilt metal drum shaped table clock the sides cast and chased with masks and fruit and the bottom engraved with the motto POSVI DEVM AVDITOREM MEVM (I have made God my helper).
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Diameter 11.43 cm; Height 9.14 cm
- Materials and techniques
- Iron, silver dial, and steel movement.
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Germany
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O372877
- Museum object number
- M.141-1913
- 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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