Mantel clock with Art Deco ornament
Also known as: Pendule met art deco-ornament
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1929
The mantel clock has a case of red copper, to which a wooden base and two wooden pedestals are mounted. The case is composed of a base rim, the front with the dial, the middle section mounted to it, and the back with a small round door.
The front has a circular dial, where the hour numerals stand out against red enamel. The rim has repoussé late Art Deco ornament. The hands are of yellow copper. Chased into the right side of the base rim is the signature: G.H. LANTMAN. 1929. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1972-109; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal), wood (plant material), brass (alloy); measurements height 24 cm x width 28.5 cm x depth 11.5 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
- copper (metal), wood (plant material), brass (alloy)
- Dimensions
- hoogte 24 cm x breedte 28,5 cm x diepte 11,5 cm · height 24 cm x width 28.5 cm x depth 11.5 cm
- Measurements
- height 24 cm x width 28.5 cm x depth 11.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Pendule met art deco-ornament
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-1972-109
- Museum classification
- mechanical clock · mantel clock
Catalogue references
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Research required
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