Table or bracket clock, Christopher Pinchbeck II, ca. 1775
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1775
Table or bracket clock made by Christopher Pinchbeck II (British, died 1783), dated ca. 1775, from British, London. The museum records its materials as: Pinchbeck metal, mahogany case.
Recorded dimensions: clock: 12 3/4 × 9 × 5 3/4 in. (32.4 × 22.9 × 14.6 cm); case: 14 1/2 × 11 × 7 in. (36.8 × 27.9 × 17.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 63.199a, b; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Medium
- Pinchbeck metal, mahogany case
- Materials
- Pinchbeck metal, mahogany case
- Dimensions
- clock: 12 3/4 × 9 × 5 3/4 in. (32.4 × 22.9 × 14.6 cm); case: 14 1/2 × 11 × 7 in. (36.8 × 27.9 × 17.8 cm)
- Dimensions
- clock: 12 3/4 × 9 × 5 3/4 in. (32.4 × 22.9 × 14.6 cm); case: 14 1/2 × 11 × 7 in. (36.8 × 27.9 × 17.8 cm)
Identification
- Culture
- British, London
- Date recorded
- ca. 1775
- Maker recorded
- Clockmaker: Christopher Pinchbeck II (British, died 1783)
- Museum attribution
- Christopher Pinchbeck II
- Museum object name
- Table or bracket clock
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 63.199a, b
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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