Objekt 12
Crucifix clock
Description
An engraved base with an openwork gallery contains the clock and striking mechanism. The time is indicated on a globe placed above the crucifix. On the hill Golgotha hangs Christ on the cross, accompanied by Mary and John. Crucifix clocks of this type, usually with a fully sculpted crucifixion group and a globe with numerals mounted above the tall cross and driven by the movement in the base, were made from the late 16th to the 18th century.
Object description
South Germany, around 1650
Copper and bronze, gilded, enamel
Purchase
Inv. 1895.212.