Mantel clock (pendule de chiminée)
Object type: Clock
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Paris with German, Meissen and French, Vincennes case
Artist: Paul Gudin Le Jeune|Meissen Manufactory|Vincennes Manufactory
Artist bio: French, recorded 1739, died 1755|German, 1710–present|French, ca. 1740–1756
Artist role: Maker|Manufactory|Manufactory
Artist nationality: French|German|French
Date: clock ca. 1750, figures decorated ca. 1737/38
Medium: Case: hard-paste and soft-paste porcelain, with gilded-bronze mounts; Dial: white enamel with blue numerals for hours and blue numerals for minutes; Movement: brass and steel
Dimensions: Overall: 17 1/2 × 11 1/4 × 8 3/4 in. (44.5 × 28.6 × 22.2 cm); Diameter (back plate): 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Classification: Horology
Credit line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
Accession year: 1974
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