Catalogue information

LastDodo number
3882633
Area
Ceramics
Title
Wijzerplaat van uurwerk
Tableware / series
Decoration
Number
Colour
Year
1917
Dimensions
hoogte: 1640 mm; breedte: 1645 mm; dikte: 35 mm
Details

Clock face This dial was made for the stairwell of the Pierson & Co bank in Amsterdam. The tile picture was placed above the entrance to the public counters. The technique is mixed: section tiles (cut to size and shaped per color area) and cloisonné (with line relief and crystallized glazes). Two sayings have been applied around the dial: 'carpe diem' (seize the day) and 'fugit irreparabile tempus' (time irrevocably disappears). In the four corners are the coats of arms of the United Kingdom, Germany, Berlin and London. This dial was made for the staircase of bank Pierson & Co, Herengracht 206-214 in Amsterdam, built in the years 1917-1919. The tile picture was placed above the entrance to the public counters, on the first floor. The clock is executed in a mixed technique of section tiles (cut to size and shaped per color area) and cloisonné (with line relief and crystallized glazes). Two Latin sayings are applied around the dial: 'carpe diem' (seize the day) and 'fugit irreparabile tempus' (time disappears irrevocably). In the four corners are, clockwise from the top left, the coats of arms of the United Kingdom, Germany, Berlin and London. Dial of a large timepiece, made of ceramic tiles, manufactured by the Porceleyne Fles in Delft, after a design by the architect A.D.N. van Gendt, c. 1917-1919 Source: [10290], Tile Collection, Dutch Tile Museum

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