Table clock, Germany, 18th century

Table clock, Germany, 18th century is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 18th century. The museum's brief description reads: Automaton clock with a dog.

Gilt brass, German, 19th century.. Museum description: Clock, ebonised case surmounted by a dog of gilt brass. Case of ebonised wood with applied gilt brass ornament on four moulded feet. The dial of silvered brass is pierced for winding and striking. On top of the case supported on a flat brass plate engraved with rococo ornmanet, is a figure of a couchant dog. The eyes of the dog, which are set with pastes, are connected with the pendulum and move with the latter's beat.

Movement may be French, early 19th century, the case and dial probabl;y later. The figure of the dog is original [taken from Object register] The museum record gives material recorded as wood, brass, pastes; measurements Width 9.5 in; Height 9 in; place associated: Germany. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.