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Source Description
The movement of this clock is marked D. F. with a pinecone, indicating Augsburg as its city of origin. It is typical of the elaborate clocks with symbolic associations for which that city became known in the later 16th and 17th centuries. Urns had been used since antiquity for the ashes of the dead, while on the silver ovals are allegorical representations of the four seasons.
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Document identity
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15676
label
Clock in the Form of an Urn
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object
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Source metadata
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15676
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object
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normalized
title
Clock in the Form of an Urn
description
The movement of this clock is marked D. F. with a pinecone, indicating Augsburg as its city of origin. It is typical of the elaborate clocks with symbolic associations for which that city became known in the later 16th and 17th centuries. Urns had been used since antiquity for the ashes of the dead, while on the silver ovals are allegorical representations of the four seasons.
provenance
Seligman Brothers, Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1580-1600 (Renaissance)
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CC0
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en
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Timepieces, Clocks & Watches
clocks
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
31.8
height
13.5
depth
20.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 12 1/2 × W: 5 5/16 × D: 8 in. (31.8 × 13.5 × 20.3 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Signature] D.F.
med
gilded brass and silver case; silver and champlevé enamel dial; iron and partially gilded brass movement
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7539
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
2882
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1
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0
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photo
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