Obelisk clock with a Franklin movement
Object type: Clock
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: German, Neuwied am Rhein
Artist: David Roentgen|Peter Kinzing
Artist bio: German, Herrnhaag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780|German, 1745–1816
Artist role: Maker|Artist
Artist nationality: German|German
Date: ca. 1785–90
Medium: Oak, thuya burl wood, gilded bronze, silver, and steel
Dimensions: Overall: 75 × 21 1/8 × 7 5/8 in. (190.5 × 53.7 × 19.3 cm)
Classification: Woodwork-Furniture|Horology
Credit line: Purchase, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Acquisitions Fund, in honor of Wolfram Koeppe, 2015
Accession year: 2015