Mantel Clock Case Design
date: label: Date
content: 1738
name: label: Designer
content: Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 1672–1742
label: Print Maker
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
label: Publisher
content: Gabriel Huquier, French, 1695–1772
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a mantel clock case, with a circular case for the clock, framed by a landscape of trees, clouds, rockery, with dogs, topped with an eagle with a snake, horn, scepter, and lighting, in his talons. Below there is a trophy with a hog’s head, net, horn, bow, and quiver of arrows. The base is decorated with a central cartouche framed by wings, and rosettes, on egg shaped feet with a gadrooning running pattern above. The plate is numbered and signed. A profile (side view) of the design is illustrated on plate 6 within this series (1921-6-376-6).
place: label: made in
content: France
label: published in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-376-2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching and engraving on laid paper