Clock with Chinoiserie Pattern
date: label: Date
content: 1730–1733
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present
label: Attributed to
content: Johann Gottlob Kirchner, German, 1706 - after 1737
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Lantern-shaped clock case raising from tall concave sockle on roughly square base. Two satyrs seated on scrolls support arched cornice above which a ribbed, scrolled and wrinkled top raises, crowned by a cat. Clock in center framed in metal and covered with glass. Polychrome and gold chinoiserie scenes and scrollwork.
place: label: Place
content: Germany
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Irwin Untermyer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1955-163-13
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: clock
label: Type
content: clock
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 42.3 × 22.5 × 12 cm (16 5/8 × 8 7/8 × 4 3/4 in.)