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Actions	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Image(s) TitleBell Playing Skeleton Clock Creator Hubert Sarton (watchmaker)‎ PlaceLuik (België) Year ca. 1795 Object number0968 Object categorymechanical instruments with bells, timepieces with musical movements Object nametimepiece with bells, table clock DescriptionThis clock is not lacking its case - it is a skeleton clock, deliberately constructed so that part of the interior is visible. And this particular specimen has even more surprises: The dial, an elegant enameled chapter ring with Arabic numerals, can be automatically adjusted to different positions so that the time can be read from different places in the room. The self-rotating dial moves every 2.5 minutes and rotates 60 degrees around a vertical axis. The four possible positions of the dial (0, 60, 120 and 180 degrees) cover a range of 180 degrees. The oak base with mahogany veneer and ormolu palm ornament was added to the clock later. Accompanying textsThe clock strikes the whole and half hours on 2 bells. The music program plays every whole hour as a prelude to the hour strike. With 17 bells and 31 hammers, this clock can play a total of 24 melodies. The engraving "Fait par H[ubert] Sarton a Liege" can be seen in mirror writing on a brass plate below the movement. Hubert Sarton (born in Liege in 1748) is considered one of Belgium's greatest clockmakers and was known for his beautiful skeleton clocks, such as this one. Sarton initially worked as an apprentice with his uncle Dieudonné Sarton in 1762 and later in Pierre Leroy's workshop in Paris. In the early 1770s, Sarton was appointed to the court of Duke Charles Alexander, prince of Lorraine, for whom he made several exceptional clocks (including one with a moving dial). Dimensions geheel height: 56 cm geheel width: 49 cm geheel depth: 28 cm Keywordsprogrammadrager: cylinder geluidsbron: bells aandrijving: spring aandrijving? fusee echappement: schaargang Digital references

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TitleBell Playing Skeleton Clock

Creator Hubert Sarton (watchmaker)‎

PlaceLuik (België)

Year ca. 1795

Object number0968

Object categorymechanical instruments with bells, timepieces with musical movements

Object nametimepiece with bells, table clock

DescriptionThis clock is not lacking its case - it is a skeleton clock, deliberately constructed so that part of the interior is visible. And this particular specimen has even more surprises: The dial, an elegant enameled chapter ring with Arabic numerals, can be automatically adjusted to different positions so that the time can be read from different places in the room. The self-rotating dial moves every 2.5 minutes and rotates 60 degrees around a vertical axis. The four possible positions of the dial (0, 60, 120 and 180 degrees) cover a range of 180 degrees. The oak base with mahogany veneer and ormolu palm ornament was added to the clock later.

Accompanying textsThe clock strikes the whole and half hours on 2 bells. The music program plays every whole hour as a prelude to the hour strike. With 17 bells and 31 hammers, this clock can play a total of 24 melodies.

The engraving "Fait par H[ubert] Sarton a Liege" can be seen in mirror writing on a brass plate below the movement. Hubert Sarton (born in Liege in 1748) is considered one of Belgium's greatest clockmakers and was known for his beautiful skeleton clocks, such as this one. Sarton initially worked as an apprentice with his uncle Dieudonné Sarton in 1762 and later in Pierre Leroy's workshop in Paris. In the early 1770s, Sarton was appointed to the court of Duke Charles Alexander, prince of Lorraine, for whom he made several exceptional clocks (including one with a moving dial).

Dimensions

geheel height: 56 cm
geheel width: 49 cm
geheel depth: 28 cm

Keywordsprogrammadrager: cylinder
geluidsbron: bells
aandrijving: spring
aandrijving? fusee
echappement: schaargang

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