Museum number:

APM 20.865

Subcollection:

miscellaneous objects

Title:

pendulum

Keyword:

tobacco negro with anchor

Description:

Pendulum of bronze, fire-gilt with on a rectangular box on four legs a second square figural box in the shape of a bale of tobacco with a central circular hole for the movement with silver-plated dial, on the right of this bale sits a negro with a feather skirt and feather headdress, a bent pipe in his hand, the person in blackened bronze, the eyes of glass, the left foot rests on a barrel, on the left against the bale a standing anchor. The movement is a gorge watch movement, signed "PECOY A PARIS NO. 470" along the edge. The mantel clock placed on a wooden base or plinth in which a play mechanism with a pull cord on the right side of the plinth, along the front edge a rectangular mother-of-pearl plate with calligraphy on the left "CHANGER" and on the right "JOUER", both with a handle. Base bottom with ink "AFRICANI", "1590" and "12". Glass dome is missing.

Date:

Period 1835 - 1855


Dimensions:

GeneralHeight12.6 in (32 cm)
Width9.84 in (25 cm)
Length5.71 in (14.5 cm)
Characteristics
Materialbronze (metal)
Techniquecast metal
Colourgold, black
Other materialswood
Finish verguld, gezwart
Traces of use slijtage
Production
ContinentEurope
Region internationalWestern Europe
CountryFrance
Region nationalIle de France
TownParis
Maker (watchmaker)
Acquisition
Year 2011
Provenance Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1963-2011, nr DD320
Middelstum, collectie G.A. Brongers, 1951-1963
Exhibition
Amsterdam, World Tobacco Congress, tentoonstelling 17-30 september 1951, p 207, cat nr 330. Miniatuur tabakspendule 2e helft 18e eeuw.
Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1978-2010, verdieping.
Amsterdam, Museum Geelvinck-Hinlopen Huis, tentoonstelling "Swart op de Gracht, slavernij en de grachtengordel", 9 april 2013 - 30 september 2013.

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