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:
| General | Height | 12.6 in (32 cm) |
| Width | 9.84 in (25 cm) | |
| Length | 5.71 in (14.5 cm) |
| Material | bronze (metal) |
| Technique | cast metal |
| Colour | gold, black |
| Other materials | wood |
| Finish | verguld, gezwart |
| Traces of use | slijtage |
| Continent | Europe |
| Region international | Western Europe |
| Country | France |
| Region national | Ile de France |
| Town | Paris |
| Maker | (watchmaker) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Provenance | Groningen, Niemeyer Tabaksmuseum, 1963-2011, nr DD320 |
| Middelstum, collectie G.A. Brongers, 1951-1963 |
| 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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