Celestial globe with clockwork
Object type: Celestial globe with clockwork
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: Austrian, Vienna
Artist: Gerhard Emmoser
Artist bio: German, active 1556–84
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: German
Date: 1579
Medium: Partially gilded silver, gilded brass (case); brass, steel (movement)
Dimensions: wt. (without mechanism) confirmed: 10 3/4 × 8 × 7 1/2 in., 86.412oz. (27.3 × 20.3 × 19.1 cm, 2450g)
Diameter (globe): 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Clockwork mechanism only, wt. confirmed: 35.27oz. (1000g)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver In Combination
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession year: 1917
Tags: Pegasus|Astronomy|Globes