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Inscribed at a  later date with a chronogram: ANSELMO II. ABBATI.  IVRIS. RVBRI. PARTHENONIS. ASSERTORI.  DEFENSORI. AC. PACIS. ARBITRO.  Recording the  name of Anselm II Schwab, abbot of Salem in Baden, as  protector of the Cistercian Nunnery of Rothermünster, giving the  date 1771.  Signed WILHELMVS KÖBERLE EŸSTET.   With outer case of tooled leather and brass key.  The  inner case is pierced and engraved with foliage and  strapwork and the balance-cock is of similar work.  The  face is of silver with gilt brass alarm-dial in the middle  engraved with foliage.  The 'pair-case' is pierced with a  pattern of holes and engraved with the chronogram.  The  outer case is of red leather decorated with gold with  enriched borders, flowers, and a star-rosette.  Steel  hands.  Verge escapement.\r\n","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Köberle, Wilhelm","id":"AUTH344863"},"association":{"text":"watchmaker","id":"x37543"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"gilt-brass","id":"x38746"},{"text":"silver","id":"AAT11029"}],"techniques":[{"text":"engraving (incising)","id":"AAT53829"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"engraved gilt brass; silver\r\n","categories":[{"text":"Clocks & Watches","id":"THES48976"},{"text":"Jewellery","id":"THES48930"},{"text":"Metalwork","id":"THES48920"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"MET","id":"THES48599"},"images":["2017JY2173","2017JV0975"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"034","id":"THES407925"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"035","id":"THES407926"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"034","id":"THES407925"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"NONE","id":"THES49066"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"watch","id":""}],[{"text":"outer watchcase","id":""}],[{"text":"outer watchcase","id":""}],[{"text":"Key","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Eichstätt","id":"x35875"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1700","earliest":"1695-01-01","latest":"1704-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"145","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"31/05/2017","earliest":"2017-05-31","latest":"2017-05-31"},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"115","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"31/05/2017","earliest":"2017-05-31","latest":"2017-05-31"},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"65","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"31/05/2017","earliest":"2017-05-31","latest":"2017-05-31"},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"The watch was given in 1771 by the Cistercian nunnery of Rottenmünster, near Rottweil, to the abbot of the monastery of Salem, Anselm II Schwab (1713-78; abbot from 1746).  In 1771 he celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of his election as abbot, and early in the year he helped to end a long-standing dispute between the town of Rottweil and the nunnery at Rottenmünster. \r\nBought by the Victoria and Albert Museum from Percy Webster, a well-known London dealer, for £40 in 1906.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Chiming, alarm and quarter-repeating coach watch in gilt-brass cases by Wilhelm Köberle; Eichstätt, Bavaria, Germany, ca. 1700.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Gustav Rommel, 'Die Taschen-Uhr des Abts Anselm II von Salem', Zeitschrift für die Geschichte des Oberrheins, vol. 100 (N.F. 61), 1952, pp. 762-5."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["276-1906","276C-1906","276A-1906","276B-1906"],"accessionNumberNum":"276","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1906,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE","Clock","Key","Clock-watch, part [1]","Clock-watch, part [2]"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-12-08","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-24","availableToBook":false}}