Mantel clock
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1775
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Large bronze clock; center part made up of large vase with round ring handles; acanthus and laurel leaves. Dial painted with small flowers on white enamel. On each side of the vase is a female figure; one holding a terrestrial glob (Geography), the other holding a scroll (Literature). The plinth on which the two figures are seated is decorated with chiseled plaques in front showing cupids and decorative motifs. The clock sits on a large red marble stand.
place: label: made in
content: France
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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 Louis J. Bosman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1947-129-1
objectType: label: Type
content: timepieces & measuring devices
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Mantel clock
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Gilt bronze, marble
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 73.5 x 67.5 x 28.5 cm (28 15/16 x 26 9/16 x 11 1/4 in.)