Monstrance clock, ca. 1570 German, Nuremberg, Case: gilt bronze; Dial: gilt brass; Movement: plated frame of iron, iron wheels; H. 16 x Gr. W. 6-1/4 in. (40.6 x 15.9 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 (17.190.639) http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/193609

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