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1600-1625 (made)
Place of origin

A case for a clock movement in the form of a vase; the time was originally shown in a revolving globe supported on the top.


Object details

Object type
Materials and techniques
Gilt copper, chased and repousse
Brief description
Case for a clock
Physical description
A case for a clock movement in the form of a vase; the time was originally shown in a revolving globe supported on the top.
Style
Object history
A similar clock which is still complete is in the Langaard Collection at the Kunstindustrimuseum, Christiana
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Chr. Langaards Gave. Katalog over Utstillingen, Oktober 1923 (no.318)
Collection
Accession number
1653-1856

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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