Mantel clock frame, ca. 1870
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1870
Clock in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 2015.427), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department under the title “Mantel clock frame”. The museum dates it ca. 1870. It is attributed to Bruce J. Talbert (British, Dundee, Scotland 1838–1881 London). The museum records the medium as Wrought brass, inset with cabochons and quartz and the dimensions as Overall: 15 1/4 × 11 3/4 in. (38.7 × 29.8 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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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Wrought brass, inset with cabochons and quartz
- Dimensions
- Overall: 15 1/4 × 11 3/4 in. (38.7 × 29.8 cm)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Metalwork-Brass
- Maker recorded
- Bruce J. Talbert
Identification
- Met object id
- 658671
- Museum object name
- Clock
- Museum object number
- 2015.427
Catalogue references
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