Design for a Mantel Clock
date: label: Date
content: 1780–90
name: label: Follower of
content: Jean-Louis Prieur the Younger, French, 1759 – 1795
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a marble and bronze clock. The clock is set in a marble case, a truncated pyramid in shape, mounted on a marble and bronze plinth. Below the dial a bronze swag, above the dial an escutcheon. An eagle at apex with outstretched wings, with chains suspended from his beak.
place: label: made in
content: 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: 1911-28-451
objectType: label: Type
content: timepieces & measuring devices
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 26.5 x 15.4 cm (10 7/16 x 6 1/16 in.)