# Table clock

- By: Jan van Ceulen
- Date: c. 1700 - c. 1725
- Medium: tortoise shell, textile materials, wood (plant material), silver (metal), brass (alloy), oak (wood)
- Classification: mechanical clock
- Dimensions: height 50 cm x width 26.3 cm x depth 28.8 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-15991--1635b3460e02615f997c5a9ab7bf0b8f)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/taaRq/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This clock not only tells the time, it also gives the date and the phases of the sun and the moon. It has a movement with nine bells that can play ten melodies. In the early 18th century a timepiece with so many different functions was still a rare and precious object.