Haagse klok
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1800
Dial: iron dial with openwork brass chapter ring. Movement: plates 25.3 x 20.3 cm. Movement pillars in slender vase shape. The brass plates on the verge bridge protrude slightly above the plate. To the left and right of it, pierced brass foliate tendrils. The locking plate is likewise decorated in openwork. Lifting lever in tendril form. The fork of the crutch bent downwards. Pendulum hooked on incorrectly. Signed on dial lower middle and plate lower middle: PIETER VISBACH HAGE. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12905-E; its record gives material recorded as iron (metal), ebony (wood), tin (metal), brass (alloy), glass, oak (wood); technique sawing, forging, glue, engraving, nailed; measurements height 25.3 cm x width 20.3 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.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- iron (metal), ebony (wood), tin (metal), brass (alloy), glass, oak (wood)
- Technique
- sawing, forging, glue, engraving, nailed
- Dimensions
- height 36.3 cm x width 23.8 cm x diameter 9.5 cm · originele kast: hoogte 36,3 cm x breedte 23,8 cm x diameter 9,5 cm · height 55.7 cm x width 35.8 cm x depth 18.3 cm · wijzerplaat: hoogte 25,3 cm x breedte 20,3 cm · metalen kast: hoogte 55,7 cm x breedte 35,8 cm x diepte 18,3 cm · height 25.3 cm x width 20.3 cm
- Measurements
- height 25.3 cm x width 20.3 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Haagse klok
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-12905-E
- Museum classification
- furniture · clockwork · table clock · mechanical clock · clock
Catalogue references
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Research required
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