Elevation of a Timepiece
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
name: label: Designer
content: Pietro Belli, Italian, 1780–1828
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle. Design for a timepiece, the base made up of two rectangular sections with bevelled corners. The figure of Saturnus is shown upon the front standing and leaning with his left arm upon a pedestal. The circle for the dial plate is shown. Squared; the lines are numbered, with pen, to 12 and 13 respectively.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-681
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: Pen and ink, brush and gray watercolor, graphite on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 19.6 × 15.3 cm (7 11/16 in. × 6 in.)