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METPublic domain
Automaton clock in the form of an eagle
- Date
- ca. 1630
- Type
- Automaton clock
- Medium
- Case: gilded brass on base of ebony and ebony veneered on fruitwood; Movement: brass and iron
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Object number
- 29.52.14
- Credit
- Gift of Mrs. Simon Guggenheim, 1929
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