Wooden table clock; square case on flattened ball feet, between two Tuscan engaged columns
Also known as: Tafelklok van hout; vierkante kast op afgeplatte bolpoten, tussen twee Toscaanse halfzuilen
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1650 - 1700
Brass dial covered with black velvet. Brass chapter ring and separately applied Roman numerals. Trefoil decorations. Brass repoussé decoration in the corners. Pierced hour hand set on a decorated disk with 12 x 60/30 min. separate small hand.
Movement: Plates. Pillar posts in slender vase shape. Simple openwork decoration to the left and right of the balance cock. Countwheel for 12-hour striking train. Case: Front door with pilasters and broken pediment. In the center a pedestal with a vase. Signed. [description formerly under number NG-NM-3483]. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-3483; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal), ebony (wood), pine (wood), wood (plant material), velvet (fabric weave), pear (wood), padouk (wood), brass (alloy), glass; technique sawing, cutting, glue, gild, engraving, nailed; measurements diameter 0.9 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
- bronze (metal), ebony (wood), pine (wood), wood (plant material), velvet (fabric weave), pear (wood), padouk (wood), brass (alloy), glass
- Technique
- sawing, cutting, glue, gild, engraving, nailed
- Dimensions
- diameter 27.5 cm kast: hoogte 48,3 cm (met tympaan) x breedte 32,5 cm x diepte 13,2 cm bel: diameter 0,9 cm schijf: diameter 4,5 cm length 11.9 cm x width 9.5 cm platine: lengte 11,9 cm x breedte 9,5 cm height 48.3 cm x width 32.5 cm x depth 13.2 cm diameter 27,5 cm length 28.7 cm x width 27.4 cm wijzerplaat: lengte 28,7 cm x breedte 27,4 cm diameter 4.5 cm diameter 0.9 cm
- Measurements
- diameter 0.9 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Tafelklok van hout; vierkante kast op afgeplatte bolpoten, tussen twee Toscaanse halfzuilen
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-3483
- Museum classification
- mechanical clock · table clock · clock
Catalogue references
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