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Clock in the Form of an Urn
(Renaissance Europe )
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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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Seligman Brothers, Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1980-1981 | Clockwork Universe: German Clocks and Automata, 1550-1650. Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich; National Museum of History and Technology, Washington. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 5/13/1958 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 12/21/1962 | Treatment | cleaned; other |
| 12/6/1977 | Treatment | cleaned; repaired |
| 1/27/1978 | Loan Consideration | examined for loan |
| 12/13/1979 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 12/13/1979 | Examination | examined for loan |
| 10/14/1987 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 10/14/1987 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 7/1/2002 | Examination | examined for survey |
Geographies
Germany, Augsburg (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 12 1/2 × W: 5 5/16 × D: 8 in. (31.8 × 13.5 × 20.3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
58.217