Mantel clock, c. 1768
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1768
Inscription, on the spring of the going train, incised: ‘Buzot 8bre 1768 Mouvement’. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-2011-55; its record gives material recorded as gilding (material), bronze (metal); technique gild, patinaed; measurements height 87 cm x width 42 cm x depth 26.5 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.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gilding (material), bronze (metal)
- Technique
- gild, patinaed
- Dimensions
- height 87 cm x width 42 cm x depth 26.5 cm · hoogte 87 cm x breedte 42 cm x diepte 26,5 cm
- Measurements
- height 87 cm x width 42 cm x depth 26.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Pendule
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-2011-55
- Museum classification
- mechanical clock · mantel 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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, maker attribution and specifications against horological references.