An hexagonal table clock, engraved gilt brass, French, late 16th century
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1580-1600
An hexagonal gilt-brass table clock, with removable base on six small feet (one missing) engraved with lozenges and foliated scrolls between arcading and surmounted by six pediment-like relief castings of lion masks and scrollwork and six knobs.
On top of the case the bell is caged by three intersecting iron arches crowned by a moulded finial. Three horizontal brass plates, turned iron pillars. Motion work: 8T pinion coaxial with the fusee drives 8T contrate wheel. Locking-plate striking train with going barrel; with outside count-wheel with 78 internal teeth and sliding inside curved brass arcs, not pivoted at centre.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Height 15.6 cm; Width 8.5 cm
- Materials and techniques
- Brass, gilded, engraved, iron and steel
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Paris
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O375787
- Museum object number
- M.173-1938
- 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.
Research required
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