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Zech's clock
An astronomical clock of gilt brass in the form of a circular flat box. The upper face is the dial graduated in twenty-four divisions, in the centre of which appear the arms of Poland and Visconti. The body of the clock is covered with engraved decoration. The last image shows the spirial working section, which is the oldest know type of this design in Britain.At the centre of the clock face formi…
Creator
- Daines Barrington
- Ferguson, James
- Galeazzo, Giovanni
- Peckitt, Henry
- Sforza, Bona
- Sigismund I
- Visconti, Philip
- Zech, Jacob
Subject
- Heraldry
- Metalwork
- Museum Object
- archaeology
- Heraldry
- Goldwork
- Archaeology
Creator
- Daines Barrington
- Ferguson, James
- Galeazzo, Giovanni
- Peckitt, Henry
- Sforza, Bona
- Sigismund I
- Visconti, Philip
- Zech, Jacob
Subject
- Heraldry
- Metalwork
- Museum Object
- archaeology
- Heraldry
- Goldwork
- Archaeology
Providing institution
Aggregator
Intermediate provider
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Rights
- Daines Barrington|Ferguson, James|Galeazzo, Giovanni|Peckitt, Henry|Sforza, Bona|Sigismund I|Visconti, Philip|Zech, Jacob
Temporal
- 1525
- 16th century
- 15XX
- 1525
- 16th century
Places
- Bohemia
- Czech Republic
- Europe
- Lithuania
- Poland
- Prague
- Stredoceský
- …
- Lithuania
- Prague
- Czech Republic
Provenance
- Society of Antiquaries of London Catalogue of Drawings and Museum Objects: Museum Collection
Source
- Archaeology Data Sevice
Identifier
- ldsal/131e
Is part of
- http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/SoA_images/index.cfm?CFID=9579&CFTOKEN=BF7E76A0-D723-4BB2-9AC4B2BE9A527C12
References
- Daines Barrington. 1779. Observations on the earliest Introduction of Clocks. Archaeologia, vol. v, 424.|H Otto, 'The Famous Fusee Clock of Jacob Zech', Horological Journal (1931): 176-8.|Smyth, W. H. 1849. Description of an astrological clock, belonging to the Society of Antiquaries of London. Archaeologia, Vol. 33. 8-35.|Society of Antiquaries, Minutes, vol. xxxi, 513.
Year
- 1525
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-10-26T02:53:22.909Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-07-23T22:20:57.607Z