Objekt 46
Automated clock with magician figure
Description
The clock has a striking mechanism that strikes a bell every hour and half hour. A separate movement triggers the automaton. When called, the magician begins to turn his head back and forth and perform his magic tricks on the table.
Object description
France, around 1840
Bronze, gilded, enamel, steel
Bequest Carl and Lini Nathan-Rupp, Binningen
Inv. 1982.1174.