Gilt copper and iron, South German, 1580-85, the clock face dated 1620 and signed by Thobias Küster.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1580-1585; 1620
The case of gilt copper, the face a later addition, the side panels engraved with figures emblematic of the Sciences from designs by H. S. Beham and signed with the monogram A.P.
The case of square section with an attached Doric column on a plinth at each corner. The intervening panels between the columns are engraved with the allegorical figures of Astrology, Geometry and Arithmetic. On the front of the clock, above the cornice, is a revolving sphere, one half of which is gilt and one half blue. In the centre of the top is the bell for the alarm and the striking mechanisms. The gilded exterior of the bell is etched with arabesques and it is suspended from a frame consisting of four legs surmounted by grotesque bearded heads and terminating in lions' paws.
Both trains with fusees, the going train with a chain and the striking train with a gut line.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Height 31.2 cm; Width 17.5 cm; Depth 17.5 cm; Weight 4786.8 g
- Materials and techniques
- Gilt copper, iron.
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Southern Germany;
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O375771
- Museum object number
- M.106-1953
- 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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