Objekt 9
Decagonal table clock
Description
Samuel Berckmann came from Silesia and lived in Augsburg since about 1660, where he married the widow of a clockmaker in 1667. His specialty was ten-cornered table clocks, of which numerous have survived. The engraved signature "Samuel / Berckhmann / Augusta" is found on the plate inside bottom. The case, decorated with engravings and hallmarks, stands on four feet. Each side gives a view of the movement through a small window. On the dial ring, Roman numerals (I-XII) indicate the full hours and a separate mark indicates the half and quarter hours. The alarm disc bears Arabic numerals (1-12). The bell is located at the bottom of the case.
Object description
Maker: Samuel Berckmann († ca. 1725)
Augsburg, around 1670
Copper alloy gilded, bell bronze, glass, steel partly blued, enamel
Signature: Samuel Berckhmann, Augusta
Deposit Dr. Eugen Gschwind Foundation, Basel, G.154
Inv. 1983.1154.