Longcase clock

Hermann Achenbach

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The dial displays local time, as well as the time in ten other cities. Also indicated are the positions of the sun and moon in the zodiac, the phase of the moon, the age of the moon in its monthly cycle, the day of the week, the day of the month, and the number of days in the month. The clock was originally fitted with a miniature clavier that played mechanically after the striking of the hour.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art