The Art of Time: European Clocks and Watches from the Collection

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Celestial Globe with Clockwork
Austrian (Vienna), 1579
Movement of brass and steel by Gerhard Emmoser (working 1556–died 1584)
Case: silver, partly gilded; H. 10 3/4 in.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 (17.190.636)
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Longcase clock with calendar and alarm
Dutch (Amsterdam), about 1700
Movement of brass and steel, weight-driven, eight-day duration, with anchor escapement and long pendulum, by Ahasuerus II Fromanteel, 1640–1703
Case: walnut, rosewood, limewood and brass; H. 88 in.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
Bequest of John Munro Woolsey, 1946 (46.107 a–h)

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Automaton Clock
German (Augsburg), about 1620–1635
Clockmaker: Carl Schmidt (born ca. 1590; master clockmaker 1614; d. 1635/36)
H. 13 1/2 in.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
Gift of Mrs. Simon Guggenheim, 1929 (29.52.15)

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Table Clock
English (London), ca. 1696
Movement: brass and steel by Thomas Tompion, 1639–1713
Case: ebony veneer on oak; dial of gilt brass, and silvered brass; H. 16 1/4 in.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964 (64.101.867)

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Mantel Clock
German, (Augsburg), ca. 1700
Movement: brass and steel by Franz Xavier Gegenreiner, master in Augsburg in 1760
Case: silver, partly gilt; tortoiseshell with silver reliefs depicting the story of Venus, by Johann Andreas Thelot, 1655–1734; H. 31 3/4 in.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
Rogers Fund, 1946 (46.162)
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Watch
French, about 1620–1630
Movement of brass and steel, partly blued, by Simon Hackett (act. 1630–1660; d. 1664), English (London), ca. 1632–1640
Case: glass, enamel, gold (émail en resille sur verre), and gilded brass; Diam. 1 1/2 in.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 (17.190.1477)

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Clock
French (Chantilly), about 1745
Movement: brass and steel by Benjamin Gray, clockmaker to King George II (1676–1764) and Justin Vuillamy (1712–1797), English (London)
Case: soft-paste porcelain on a gilt bronze base; H. 11 7/8 inches
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
Bequest of Irwin Untermyer, 1973 (1974.28.91)