Table or bracket clock, James Tregent, ca. 1780
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1780
Table or bracket clock made by James Tregent, dated ca. 1780, from British, London. The museum records its materials as: Scagliola, gilt bronze. Recorded dimensions: Overall: 8 3/4 × 5 1/2 × 4 5/16 in.
(22.2 × 14 × 11 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 64.101.874; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 3
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Medium
- Scagliola, gilt bronze
- Materials
- Scagliola, gilt bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 8 3/4 × 5 1/2 × 4 5/16 in. (22.2 × 14 × 11 cm)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 8 3/4 × 5 1/2 × 4 5/16 in. (22.2 × 14 × 11 cm)
Identification
- Culture
- British, London
- Date recorded
- ca. 1780
- Maker recorded
- Clockmaker: James Tregent
- Museum attribution
- James Tregent
- Museum object name
- Table or bracket clock
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 64.101.874
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
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and date against a specialist reference.