Alarm Clock in a Reliquary-Like Case
The case of this intriguing timepiece with its rock crystal cylinder resembles a medieval reliquary. The tiny haloed female figure with hands raised in prayer at the top is Ecclesia (the Catholic Church) accompanied by personifications of Faith (with the Old Testament tablets...
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22505
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object
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Harding, New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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1
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_58.222_Fnt_BW_H53.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_58.222_Fnt_BW_H53.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_58.222_Fnt_BW_H53.jpg |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/58.222 |
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