Mantel clock (pendule de cheminée), ca. 1783
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1783
Mantel clock in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 1972.284.16), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department under the title “Mantel clock (pendule de cheminée)”.
The museum dates it ca. 1783. It is attributed to François Joseph Belanger (French, Paris 1744–1818 Paris). The museum records the medium as Gilt bronze, marble, and painted metal; enamel dial; brass and steel movement and the dimensions as Overall: 21 × 21 1/2 × 6 1/4 in. (53.3 × 54.6 × 15.9 cm). Subject tags assigned by the museum: Sphinx. These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Gilt bronze, marble, and painted metal; enamel dial; brass and steel movement
- Dimensions
- Overall: 21 × 21 1/2 × 6 1/4 in. (53.3 × 54.6 × 15.9 cm)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Horology
- Maker recorded
- François Joseph Belanger
Identification
- Met object id
- 205503
- Museum object name
- Mantel clock
- Museum object number
- 1972.284.16
Catalogue references
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