Balloon bracket clock, Savory, ca. 1790
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1790
Balloon bracket clock made by Savory, dated ca. 1790, from British, London. The museum records its materials as: Satinwood, mahogany. Recorded dimensions: Overall: 14 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.
(36.8 × 19.1 × 8.3 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 64.101.876; 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
- 4
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Medium
- Satinwood, mahogany
- Materials
- Satinwood, mahogany
- Dimensions
- Overall: 14 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (36.8 × 19.1 × 8.3 cm)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 14 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (36.8 × 19.1 × 8.3 cm)
Identification
- Culture
- British, London
- Date recorded
- ca. 1790
- Maker recorded
- Clockmaker: Savory
- Museum attribution
- Savory
- Museum object name
- Bracket clock
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 64.101.876
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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