Clock (pendule d'officier), ca. 1800
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1800
Clock in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 1998.293), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department under the title “Clock (pendule d'officier)”. The museum dates it ca. 1800. It is attributed to Firm of Meuron et Companie, Geneva and Paris (ca. 1790). The museum records the medium as Case: gilt bronze, enamel, blued steel; movement: brass and steel and the dimensions as Overall: 8 7/8 × 5 1/2 × 4 1/8 in. (22.5 × 14 × 10.5 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: gilt bronze, enamel, blued steel; movement: brass and steel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 8 7/8 × 5 1/2 × 4 1/8 in. (22.5 × 14 × 10.5 cm)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Horology
- Maker recorded
- Firm of Meuron et Companie, Geneva and Paris
Identification
- Met object id
- 209103
- Museum object name
- Clock
- Museum object number
- 1998.293
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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