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Instruments · 1300-1400

Astrolabe of cast sheet brass, with additional cast elements, engraved, France; 1300-1400

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Clocks · Mid-15th century

Clock with iron movement in gilt brass case. Burgundian; mid-15th-century (with later restorations).

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Instruments · late 15th century

Sundial, stone, northern France, late 15th century

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Clocks · 1500-1600

An astronomical clock in a gilt-bronze case, Venetian, sixteenth century.

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Clocks · 1530

Clock cover by Albrecht Dürer, France, 1530

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Clocks · ca.1540

Drum clock and case, made in France or Germany, about 1540. Gilded brass, engraved with the Crucifixion

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Clocks · ca.1550

Clock, a striking alarm clock in a gilt brass case, Germany, ca.1550.

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Clocks · ca. 1550

Clock, gilt metal, France, ca. 1550

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Movements & Components · late 16th century

Clock case with figure of St George and the Dragon. Gilt brass openwork, cast and chased, South German, late 16th century.

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Pocket Watches · Second half of the sixteenth century

Watch with gilt brass case, German, second half of the sixteenth century

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Pocket Watches · ca. 1560

Watch by Hans Grüber, Germany, ca. 1560

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Clocks · 1560-80

Drum clock with alarm engraved with scenes representing the months. Made in France, 1560-80, movement by Félix Loubet

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