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Automaton clock in the form of a lion
Karl Schmidtca. 1620–35
- Attribution
- Clockmaker: Karl Schmidt German, ca. 1590–1635/36, working 1614
- Medium
- Case: gilded brass and gilded silver on a base of ebony, and ebony veneered on fruitwood; Dial: silvered brass; Movement: iron and brass
- Physical dimensions
- Overall: 13 1/2 × 8 × 5 1/2 in. (34.3 × 20.3 × 14 cm)
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Simon Guggenheim, 1929
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