Object Description

Wall clock from the property of the guild of tailors in BaselMaker: Beat Jacob Bodmar (work) (life data unknown)Baden, late 17th centuryWood, iron, tinSigned: Beat Jacob Bodmar A BadenInscription (frame top): Put in your sword, Because it is peace, Have you not heard! By tailor's cunning, The enemy's hoard is already marching away.Gift of Rosina Ott-Miville, BaselInv. 1926.89.