Objekt 1
Astronomical plate clock
Description
Johann Georg Mayr was court clockmaker to the Bavarian Elector Ferdinand Maria and was commissioned in 1663 to wind, repair and maintain all the clocks of the Residenz.
Object description
Manufacturer: Johann Georg Mayr († ca. 1684)
Munich, around 1650
Brass partly gilded, tin, copper, iron, steel partly blued
Signature: Joh. Georg Maÿr inn Munich
Deposit Dr. Eugen Gschwind Foundation, Basel, G.188
Inv. 1983.1188.