Table clock-watch

Watchmaker: A. K.

16th century

Not on view

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Title: Table clock-watch
Maker: Watchmaker: A. K. (ca. 1560)
Date: 16th century
Culture: German
Medium: Brass
Dimensions: Diameter: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm)
Classification: Horology
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.190.1538
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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