Alexander von Humboldt Clock
Continental, c. 1870s
Continental, c. 1870s
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Alexander von Humboldt Commemorative Clock |
| The elaborate figural French revival stand, enclosing round clock dial and works, comprising a figure of scientist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt, standing in formal dress next to his books and globe, the base decorated with a rococo cartouche with the name "A. v. Humboldt" festooned with laurel leaves. The clock was likely issued as a commemoration to von Humboldt shortly after his death in 1859 |