Mantel clock, c. 1760 - c. 1765
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1760 - c. 1765
Clock supported by an elephant of polychrome porcelain. The elephant stands on a rectangular gilt bronze base with decoration of counted money, rosettes and garlands.
Atop the clock sits a sultan (removable), and on the neck of the elephant sits a black man. The porcelain is unmarked. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-17503; its record gives material recorded as bronze (metal), gilding (material), porcelain; technique painting technique, gild; measurements height 52.5 cm x width 34.6 cm x depth 23.5 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
- bronze (metal), gilding (material), porcelain
- Technique
- painting technique, gild
- Dimensions
- height 52.5 cm x width 34.6 cm x depth 23.5 cm · geheel: hoogte 52,5 cm x breedte 34,6 cm x diepte 23,5 cm · grondvlak: breedte 33,5 cm x diepte 22,3 cm · width 33.5 cm x depth 22.3 cm
- Measurements
- height 52.5 cm x width 34.6 cm x depth 23.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Pendule
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-17503
- Museum classification
- clockwork · clock · mechanical clock
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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