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| Keywords: German - Table Clock - Walters 58245.jpg This clock indicates the hours 1-24 on the main dial and the quarter hours on the lower dial When the clock was made in 1573 minutes were not in common use as they were hard to measure ; time was usually divided into hours and quarter hours The sides of the case were intended to be removed On the exterior of the left panel is engraved the image of the Habsburg emperor Charles V Caesar Carolus ; the panel on the right has on the inside a sundial for setting the clock and a compass north had to be established to read the sundial On the exterior is engraved the figure of the Old Testament king David The original spring mechanism of the clock was replaced by a pendulum in the late 1600s to improve its accuracy and at that point balls were added to the feet to increase the height 1573 Renaissance gilt on brass and bell metal case gilt on brass dial sttel silver and glass compass iron and brass movement cm 23 5 accession number 58 245 8435 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Schemnitz Slovakia Walters Art Museum license Renaissance turret clocks Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum German art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review 1573 in art Bell metal | ||||
