Object Description

Pendulum with baseManufacturer: Johann Georg Krampe (1729-1790) (movement); Joseph de Saint-Germain (case)Basel, Paris, around 1770Wood, bronze, gilded, enamelSignatures: St. Germain JME Jean George Krampe a BasleBequest Oscar Binz, BaselInv. 1979.349.Johann Georg Krampe (1729-1790) took over the specialty of wall clocks in cases from his father-in-law Johann Jakob Zeller (1701-1778). The cases he purchased - as with this object - partly from Joseph de Saint-Germain in Paris.