Automaton clock in the form of Urania

Medium

Case: partly gilded and partly silvered brass, copper with traces of silver, ebony, and ebony veneer; Movement: gilded brass and partly blued steel

Dimensions

Overall (confirmed): 8 1/4 × 9 1/2 × 6 1/4 in. (21 × 24.1 × 15.9 cm)

Classification

Horology

Culture

German, Nuremberg

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Acquisitions Fund, 2015

Accession Number

2015.76

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