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| Keywords: David Fronmiller - Clock in the form of an Urn - Walters 58217.jpg The movement of this clock is marked D F with a pinecone indicating Augsburg as its city of origin It is typical of the elaborate clocks with symbolic associations for which that city became known in the later 16th and 17th centuries Urns had been used since antiquity for the ashes of the dead while on the silver ovals are allegorical representations of the four seasons between 1580 1600 Renaissance gilt on brass and silver case silver and champlevé enamel dial iron and gilt brass movement cm 25 5 accession number 58 217 15676 Seligman Brothers Paris Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Signature D F Clockwork Universe German Clocks and Automata 1550-1650 Bayerisches Nationalmuseum Munich; National Museum of History and Technology Washington 1980-1981 place of origin Augsburg Germany Walters Art Museum license Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum David Fronmiller Renaissance clocks Allegories of the seasons Silverware from Augsburg | ||||
