Table clock decorated with shell shapes and masks
Also known as: Tafelhorloge versierd met schelpvormen en maskers
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1700
Hexagonal table clock made of gilded copper on six feet. Decorated with shell shapes and masks. The dial is engraved. Presumably a copy. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-15052; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal), gilding (material); technique gild, engraving; measurements height 8.3 cm x diameter 8.9 cm.
Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- copper (metal), gilding (material)
- Technique
- gild, engraving
- Dimensions
- height 8.3 cm x diameter 8.9 cm · hoogte 8,3 cm x diameter 8,9 cm
- Measurements
- height 8.3 cm x diameter 8.9 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Tafelhorloge versierd met schelpvormen en maskers
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-15052
- Museum classification
- table clock
Catalogue references
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Research required
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