Mantel clock (pendule de chiminée)
clock ca. 1750, figures decorated ca. 1737/38
Medium
Case: hard-paste and soft-paste porcelain, with gilded-bronze mounts; Dial: white enamel with blue numerals for hours and blue numerals for minutes; Movement: brass and steel
Dimensions
Overall: 17 1/2 × 11 1/4 × 8 3/4 in. (44.5 × 28.6 × 22.2 cm); Diameter (back plate): 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Classification
Horology
Culture
French, Paris with German, Meissen and French, Vincennes case
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
Accession Number
1974.356.411
Tags
About the Artist
Paul Gudin Le Jeune|Meissen Manufactory|Vincennes Manufactory (French|German|French) · 1655 |1710 |1740 –1755 |9999 |1756
French, recorded 1739, died 1755|German, 1710–present|French, ca. 1740–1756