A clock in a case of marble and Derby porcelain, mounted on a tall plinth
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1787
A clock in a case of marble and Derby porcelain, with gilt-brass mounts, mounted on a tall plinth veneered in satinwood and mahogany, with an oval painted panel showing Apollo driving the chariot of the sun, surrounded by the signs of the zodiac.
The clock face is mounted in a section of a fluted pillar and a figure of a man in classical drapery is consulting it, and showing it to a child. The clock was made by the firm of Benjamin Vulliamy, clockmaker to George III. The biscuit figures are based on models that are likely to have been made by John Deare (1759-1798). This scene derives from an engraved gemstone illustrated in Bernard de Montfaucon's Antiquity Explained , published in London between 1721 and 1722.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Height 173 cm; Width 48.5 cm; Depth 20 cm
- Materials and techniques
- Plinth veneered in satinwood and mahogany; the porcelain clock with enamel dial.
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- London
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O52899
- Museum object number
- W.15:1,2-1958
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
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