Wall clock (cartel), ca. 1735–40
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1735–40
Wall clock in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 1982.60.84), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department under the title “Wall clock (cartel)”. The museum dates it ca. 1735–40. It is attributed to Etienne LeNoir (French, 1675–1739). The museum records the medium as Case: soft-paste porcelain and partly gilded brass; Dial: white enamel; Movement: brass and steel and the dimensions as Overall: 19 1/2 × 9 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (49.5 × 24.1 × 12.1 cm); Diameter (back plate): 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm). Subject tags assigned by the museum: Men, Flowers, Globes. 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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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Case: soft-paste porcelain and partly gilded brass; Dial: white enamel; Movement: brass and steel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 19 1/2 × 9 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (49.5 × 24.1 × 12.1 cm); Diameter (back plate): 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Horology
- Maker recorded
- Etienne LeNoir
Identification
- Met object id
- 206992
- Museum object name
- Wall clock
- Museum object number
- 1982.60.84
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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