Wooden base of a mantel clock
Also known as: Houten voetstuk van een pendule
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1898
The base, made of Coromandel wood, features a carved ornament with leaves and two mice on the front, as well as a mouse on each side. A tortoise is carved on the ends of the rim.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1978-4-B; its record gives material recorded as Coromandel ebony; technique cutting; measurements height 7 cm x length 32.1 cm x depth 18.3 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.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Coromandel ebony
- Technique
- cutting
- Dimensions
- height 7 cm x length 32.1 cm x depth 18.3 cm · hoogte 7 cm x lengte 32,1 cm x diepte 18,3 cm
- Measurements
- height 7 cm x length 32.1 cm x depth 18.3 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Houten voetstuk van een pendule
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-1978-4-B
- Museum classification
- base · mantel clock · mechanical clock
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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, maker attribution and specifications against horological references.