Objekt 11
Alarm clock
Description
This clock has an alarm device. To make the alarm sound more audible, the case is pierced, crafted in particularly beautiful silverwork with rich floral motifs. The back plate is signed "Jean Henry Ester". Clocks with this signature are also in the Swiss National Museum.
Object description
Maker: Henry Ester (1594-1669), signed
Geneva, around 1640
Silver, partly gilded, glass
Bequest Carl and Lini Nathan-Rupp, Binningen
Inv. 1982.1130.