Longcase clock
Object type: Longcase clock
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: German, Neuwied am Rhein
Artist: David Roentgen|Hermann Achenbach|Johann Schmidt|Reusch|Thomas Chippendale
Artist bio: German, Herrnhaag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780|German, born 1730, active before 1759–92|German, 1735–1795| |British, baptised Otley, West Yorkshire 1718–1779 London
Artist role: Maker|Maker|Maker|Maker|Artist
Artist nationality: German|German|German| |British
Date: ca. 1774–75
Medium: Case: oak veneered with maple, burl woods, holly, and hornbeam (all partly stained), and other woods; mother-of-pearl; gilded bronze; and brass; Dial: partly gilded and partly silvered brass and enameled and painted copper; Movement: brass and steel
Dimensions: Overall: 122 1/2 × 27 × 16 in. (311.2 × 68.6 × 40.6 cm)
Classification: Horology
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Edgar Worch, in memory of her husband, 1975
Accession year: 1975
Tags: Zodiac|Astronomy