Objekt 9
Oil clock
Description
The glass cylinder has the night hours - 7 pm to 8 am - on a pewter strip in Roman numerals. As it burns, the oil level in the ampoule drops, indicating the corresponding hour.
Object description
probably Germany, late 18th c.
Glass, tin
Bequest Carl and Lini Nathan-Rupp, Binningen
Inv. 1982.1221.