Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- One large brass disc and one small on either side, pivoting on center nail. Top engraved: Calendarium Perpetuum” and days of the week in German, together with their symbols. Cut-out edge adjustable to date engraved on large disc. Back disc has two cut-outs, adjustable to show holidays, month, sign of zodiac, sunrise and sundown, length of days and nights.
- early 18th century
- Accession Number
- 1957-165-18
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- metalwork
- Decorative Arts
- Perpetual calendar
- Medium
- Brass
- Dimensions
- H x diam.: 0.1 × 5.1 cm (1/16 in. × 2 in.)
- made in
- Germany
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1957-165-18
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4404f1002-ce63-42df-8ebf-3363a4eef58d
