Bracket clock
Also known as: Console clock (Pendule a console)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1715 - c. 1730
Bracket clock, decorated with marquetry of brass and tortoiseshell on a pine core, and with gilt bronze. The diagonally placed corner posts carry mounts with acanthus leaf, below with feathered female heads and above with brackets: below the gilt bronze dial decorated with grotesques and with numerals in enamel, a figurative representation in gilt bronze.
The brackets also carry decorative mounts. The semicircular lintel is fitted with a crest, above which sits a figure of Father Time. Movement signed on the back: G.J. Campion à Paris. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-13187; its record gives material recorded as tortoise shell, bronze (metal), pine (wood), wood (plant material), brass (alloy); technique gild; measurements height 77 cm x width 50 cm x depth 26 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
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- tortoise shell, bronze (metal), pine (wood), wood (plant material), brass (alloy)
- Technique
- gild
- Dimensions
- height 77 cm x width 50 cm x depth 26 cm · hoogte 77 cm x breedte 50 cm x diepte 26 cm
- Measurements
- height 77 cm x width 50 cm x depth 26 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Consoleklok
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-NM-13187
- Museum classification
- mechanical clock · furniture · bracket clock · clockwork · 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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