Objekt 11
Tower clock
Description
The clock with quarter-hour strike, hour strike and alarm is crowned with a crucifix. The ivory carved skull resting in the dome is a sign of transience often found on clocks. The clock, made around 1620 in Augsburg, was newly fire-gilded in 1890 by the Basel goldsmith Ulrich Sauter.
Object description
Maker: Nikolaus I. Schmidt (1549-1625/29)
Augsburg, early 17th century.
Copper and brass, gilded, enamel
Gift Alfred Mertz, Basel
Inv. 1961.1.