. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. The Clocks of Bartolomeo Antonio Bertolla The ingenuity displayed in the Borghesi clock b) its constructor, Bartolomeo Antonio Bertolla, requires a consideration of the other examples of his work that have survived. 1 he most important of his clocks are probably the one in the Episcopal Palace at I'reni and another made for the Baron of Cles. The one which survives in the Episcopal Palai i I the present time, is extremely tall and is housed in an elaborately decorated narrow case of black or ebonized wood approximately l) to 10 feet in heigh
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. The Clocks of Bartolomeo Antonio Bertolla The ingenuity displayed in the Borghesi clock b) its constructor, Bartolomeo Antonio Bertolla, requires a consideration of the other examples of his work that have survived. 1 he most important of his clocks are probably the one in the Episcopal Palace at I'reni and another made for the Baron of Cles. The one which survives in the Episcopal Palai i I the present time, is extremely tall and is housed in an elaborately decorated narrow case of black or ebonized wood approximately l) to 10 feet in height. The upper part ol the case is decorated with elaborately carved and gilt rococo motifs. The movement operates for one year at a winding, indicates and strikes the hours, and shows the lunar phases. It has an alarm, and will repeat the strike at will, indicating the number of the past hour and the quarters. The '^ih brass dial is decorated with silver-foliated scrollwork in relief at the corners, inside the chapter ring, and within the broken arch. Featured above the chapter ring is the coat of arms, executed in silver, of the patron for whom the clock was made, Cristoforo Sizzo di Xoris. Di Noris was Bishop of Trent for 13 years, from 1763 to 1776. rhe clock which Bertolla made lor the Baron ol ( lies is .i tall, narrow, case clock of ebony or ebonized pearwood which is approximately ,,: feet in height. rhe decoration of the case is considerably more conservative than the one made for Di Xoris, but the black wood is decorated with silver trim and ( irved designs in the wood itself. The dial is decorated with silver scrollwork and spandrels within and around a raised chapter ring. The clock operates for one month at each winding, has .in alarm, indicates and strikes the hours, and will repeal the quarters. I handsome timepiece is still in the possession of the descendants of the Baron of Cles. According to Pippa,1'-' certain characteristics become apparent in a study of the s
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