Objekt 11
Neck clock in the shape of a cross
Description
The case of this clock is made of amethyst glass in a fire-gilded metal setting. Its dial is made of engraved silver. It is said that the clock belonged to the King of Naples. Another clock by Aymé de Combe is in the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.
Object description
Maker: Aymé de Combe (mentioned 1687 and 1688)
Geneva, around 1680
Copper alloy gilded, steel partly blued, silver, amethyst
Signature: Aymé de Combe
Deposit Dr. Eugen Gschwind Foundation, Basel, G.95
Inv. 1983.1095.