Celestial globe with clockwork

A silver celestial globe engraved with star constellations sits within a gilded brass meridian ring and horizon band. A winged Pegasus, its wings spread, rears on an oval gilded base beneath the sphere, forming the stand for this clockwork instrument.

Look closer: A small gilded clock dial and mechanism sit on the upper part of the sphere, near the top of the ring.

Artist

Gerhard Emmoser

Date

1579

Medium

Case: partially gilded silver, gilded brass; movement: brass, steel

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3151 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917