Key of a mantel clock
Also known as: Sleutel van een pendule
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1898
Key of a mantel clock, whose cylindrical bit is made of iron. The brass bow is decorated with two fretworked rosettes. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1978-4-C; its record gives material recorded as iron (metal), brass (alloy); technique casting, cutting; measurements width 4.7 cm x length 5.8 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
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- iron (metal), brass (alloy)
- Technique
- casting, cutting
- Dimensions
- breedte 4,7 cm x lengte 5,8 cm · width 4.7 cm x length 5.8 cm
- Measurements
- width 4.7 cm x length 5.8 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Sleutel van een pendule
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-1978-4-C
- Museum classification
- mantel clock · mechanical clock · key
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.