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Clock, ca. 1765

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Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

ca. 1765

Clock in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 29.180.3), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department. The museum dates it ca.

1765. It is attributed to Joseph Charles Paul Bertrand (master 1772–89). The museum records the medium as Bronze and gilt bronze and the dimensions as Overall: 29 1/4 × 17 1/2 × 9 3/4 in. (74.3 × 44.5 × 24.8 cm). Subject tags assigned by the museum: Birds, Women, Reading, Lions. 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
Bronze and gilt bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 29 1/4 × 17 1/2 × 9 3/4 in. (74.3 × 44.5 × 24.8 cm)

Technical characteristics

Classification
Horology
Maker recorded
Joseph Charles Paul Bertrand

Identification

Met object id
196532
Museum object name
Clock
Museum object number
29.180.3

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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