Objekt 7
Skull clock
Description
The silver cast case of this clock has the shape of a skull. The chain used to attach it to clothing is preserved. When the case is opened, in the upper part there is the clock with an alarm, in the lower part there is the sundial with a hinged shadow stick. The sundial is used to set the mechanical clock.
Object description
Maker: Jacques Girod, signed
Coppet, 2nd half of 17th c.
Silver, partly gilded
Bequest Carl and Lini Nathan-Rupp, Binningen
Inv. 1982.1051.