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Automaton clock in the form of Urania, Muse of Astronomy

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Case: partly gilded and partly silvered brass copper with traces of silver ebony and ebony veneer; Movement: gilded brass and partly blued steel
Rights: Public Domain
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Acquisitions Fund 2015
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Title: Automaton clock in the form of Urania, Muse of Astronomy
Description:
Case: partly gilded and partly silvered brass copper with traces of silver ebony and ebony veneer; Movement: gilded brass and partly blued steel.

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