Clock (Cleveland Museum of Art 1966.362)
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1750
Cleveland Museum of Art object 1966.362: Clock, c. 1750. Baumgartinger (German). Carved and gilded wood, faience; overall: 97.8 x 59.7 x 37.2 cm (38 1/2 x 23 1/2 x 14 5/8 in.). Inscribed: inscribed on face: Baumgartnger [sic] Mergentheim.. Details are those of this museum object; how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 3
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Materials
- carved and gilded wood, faience
- Dimensions
- Overall: 97.8 x 59.7 x 37.2 cm (38 1/2 x 23 1/2 x 14 5/8 in.)
- Measurements
- Overall: 97.8 x 59.7 x 37.2 cm (38 1/2 x 23 1/2 x 14 5/8 in.)
- Material and technique
- carved and gilded wood, faience
Design
- Inscription
- inscribed on face: Baumgartnger [sic] Mergentheim.
Identification
- Date recorded
- c. 1750
- Culture period
- Germany, 18th century
- Maker recorded
- Baumgartinger (German)
- Museum attribution
- Baumgartinger (German)
- Holding institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 1966.362
- Published references
- Hawley, Henry. “A Rococo Clock.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 54, no. 7 (September 1967): 209–214. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 209-214, Cover · The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969 . Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 151 · The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978 . Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 167 · Franklin, David. The Cleveland Museum of Art. London: Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd., 2012. Reproduced: p. 46 - 47
- Museum classification
- Furniture and woodwork
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, maker attribution and specifications against horological references.