Design for Clock
date: label: Date
content: 1800–1825
name: label: Designer
content: Unknown
label: Manufacturer
content: Lefebvre Manufactory, Tournai
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for an elaborate clock. Intended to be executed in green and gilded bronze. The dial is framed by an oblong, with thunderbolts above and below. It is inserted in a rock, upon which a female figure (Minerva) leans, at right, and a spear and other military paraphernalia, at left. Faces and a wreath are placed on the spear. The base is octagonal in shape. At the front is a scene in relief (sacrifice to Minerva). Represented at the oblique sides are trophies. Below are knobs. Inscriptions and markings at the lower center.
place: label: made in
content: Belgium
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-71-19
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 black ink, brush and green, yellow, and brown wash on white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 49.8 x 35.3 cm (19 5/8 x 13 7/8 in.)