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Table
Astronomical table clock
Caspar Behaim (Chasparus Bohemus)|Jeremias Metzger · 1568
Medium
Case and dials: gilded brass; Movement: iron
Dimensions
Overall: 14 1/4 × 8 1/2 × 5 3/4 in. (36.2 × 21.6 × 14.6 cm)
Accession
17.190.634a–d
Credit line
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Culture
German, Augsburg
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