Mantel clock, Julien Le Roy, ca. 1745–49
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1745–49
Mantel clock made by Julien Le Roy (French, Tours 1686–1759 Paris), dated ca. 1745–49, from French, Paris with French, Chantilly case. The museum records its materials as: Chantilly soft-paste porcelain mounted on gilt bronze, flowers of soft- and hard-paste porcelain; clock face of white enameled metal.
Recorded dimensions: Height: 21 1/2 in. (54.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 1982.60.68; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Medium
- Chantilly soft-paste porcelain mounted on gilt bronze, flowers of soft- and hard-paste porcelain; clock face of white enameled metal
- Materials
- Chantilly soft-paste porcelain mounted on gilt bronze, flowers of soft- and hard-paste porcelain; clock face of white enameled metal
- Dimensions
- Height: 21 1/2 in. (54.6 cm)
- Dimensions
- Height: 21 1/2 in. (54.6 cm)
Identification
- Culture
- French, Paris with French, Chantilly case
- Date recorded
- ca. 1745–49
- Maker recorded
- Clockmaker: Julien Le Roy (French, Tours 1686–1759 Paris)
- Museum attribution
- Julien Le Roy
- Museum object name
- Mantel clock
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 1982.60.68
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
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