Clock Case with Arachne and Athena
Also known as: Clock case with Arachne and Athena
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1727
Mantel clock with painted porcelain. The clock has a trapezoidal base. The four canted legs stand on gilt rings and are decorated in relief with an acanthus leaf.
The body is surmounted by a vaulted dome bearing two female figures. The lower part of three walls of the body is openworked on either side of an archway. Chinese figures sit or kneel in the archway. The back wall is decorated with Indianische Blumen, the side walls with Höroldt chinoiseries. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-17437; its record gives material recorded as metal, gilding (material), porcelain; technique vitrification, painting technique, gild; measurements height 14 cm x width 8.3 cm.
Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- metal, gilding (material), porcelain
- Technique
- vitrification, painting technique, gild
- Dimensions
- geheel: hoogte 44 cm x breedte 20,8 cm x diepte 13,5 cm bekroning: hoogte 14 cm (inclusief pen en uitstekende delen) x breedte 8,3 cm (maximale breedte) height 44 cm x width 20.8 cm x depth 13.5 cm klok: hoogte 33,1 cm (maximale hoogte) x breedte 21 cm (maximale breedte) x diepte 14 cm (maximale diepte) height 33.1 cm x width 21 cm x depth 14 cm height 14 cm x width 8.3 cm
- Measurements
- height 14 cm x width 8.3 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Klokkast met Arachne en Athene
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-17437
- Museum classification
- mechanical clock · schoorsteenklok · clockwork
Catalogue references
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Research required
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