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Objekt 4

Silver clock

Description

This clock has an hour self-striking movement and an alarm. The back plate is signed "Jean Rousseau". This is Jean Rousseau II, the great-grandfather of the famous philosopher.

Object description

Manufacturer: Jean Rousseau II (1606-1684)

Geneva, around 1650

Silver, bell bronze, brass gilded, steel partly blued, animal sinew, glass

Signature: Jean Rousseau

Deposit Dr. Eugen Gschwind Foundation, Basel, G.7

Inv. 1983.1007.

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