Clock and powder horn
Also known as: Clock and gunpowder horn
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1590 - c. 1596
Iron wheel-train movement with seven gear wheels and a casing of iron plates. The iron casing is partly rusted away, the dial is lost, and only one hand is present along with a circular component of flexible iron. The circular component is completely rusted. Could this component be the spring? See De Veer, 27 Oct. and 3 Dec. 1596. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-NM-7687; its record gives material recorded as iron (metal); technique forging; measurements height 38.9 cm x width 20.5 cm x depth 16.4 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
- iron (metal)
- Technique
- forging
- Dimensions
- hoogte 38,9 cm x breedte 20,5 cm x diepte 16,4 cm · height 38.9 cm x width 20.5 cm x depth 16.4 cm
- Measurements
- height 38.9 cm x width 20.5 cm x depth 16.4 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Klok en kruithoorn
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- NG-NM-7687
- Museum classification
- mechanical clock · clock · clockwork
Catalogue references
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Research required
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