Mantel clock (pendule de cheminée), ca. 1775
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1775
Mantel clock in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 43.163.24a, b), catalogued by the museum's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department under the title “Mantel clock (pendule de cheminée)”.
The museum dates it ca. 1775. It is attributed to Charles-Nicolas Dutertre (French, master clockmaker from 1758(?), d. 1793). The museum records the medium as Sèvres porcelain, enamel, gilt bronze, marble and the dimensions as 13 5/8 × 10 in. (34.6 × 25.4 cm). Subject tags assigned by the museum: Children, Female Nudes. 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
- Sèvres porcelain, enamel, gilt bronze, marble
- Dimensions
- 13 5/8 × 10 in. (34.6 × 25.4 cm)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Horology
- Maker recorded
- Charles-Nicolas Dutertre
Identification
- Met object id
- 199401
- Museum object name
- Mantel clock
- Museum object number
- 43.163.24a, b
Catalogue references
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