Objekt 8
Rock crystal clock in the shape of a cross
Description
Watches in the shape of a cross were always intended for export, because the strict morality laws in the city of Geneva forbade the wearing of jewelry even in this form.
Object description
Manufacturer: Jacques Sermand the Elder (1595-1651)
Geneva, around 1630
Brass gilded, silver, steel partly blued, rock crystal, animal sinew, iron
Signature of the work: Sermand
Deposit Dr. Eugen Gschwind Foundation, Basel, G. 77
Inv. 1983.1077.