Longcase clock with calendar, ca. 1680–85
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1680–85
Longcase clock with calendar in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 1974.28.92), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department. The museum dates it ca. 1680–85. It is attributed to Joseph Knibb (British, 1640–1711). The museum records the medium as Case: walnut and oak veneered with walnut; dial: gilded and silvered brass; movement: brass, steel and the dimensions as Overall: 78 1/4 × 16 3/8 × 9 1/4 in. (198.8 × 41.6 × 23.5 cm); Quarter Strike weight (far left when viewing the object) and Hour Strike weight: 11.5 lb. (5.2 kg); Going Train (center): 6.7 lb. (3.1 kg); Width (dial plate): 10 in. (25.4 cm). 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
- Case: walnut and oak veneered with walnut; dial: gilded and silvered brass; movement: brass, steel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 78 1/4 × 16 3/8 × 9 1/4 in. (198.8 × 41.6 × 23.5 cm); Quarter Strike weight (far left when viewing the object) and Hour Strike weight: 11.5 lb. (5.2 kg); Going Train (center): 6.7 lb. (3.1 kg); Width (dial plate): 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Horology
- Maker recorded
- Joseph Knibb
Identification
- Met object id
- 205601
- Museum object name
- Longcase clock with calendar
- Museum object number
- 1974.28.92
Catalogue references
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