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Clock, ca. 1885
Tiffany and Company (active 1837–present)
American; Made in New York, New York
Marble, bronze; 18 1/8 x 20 1/8 x 7 3/4 in. (46 x 51.1 x 19.7 cm)
Purchase, The Edgar J. Kaufmann Foundation Gift, 1968 (68.97.4)
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Description
The Tiffany and Company name and "New York" are on the clock face. The numerals are in a stylized design intended to look Egyptian. Two obelisk-shaped ornaments complete the garniture atop the mantelpiece. Writing about a clock by Mitchell, Vance, and Company decorated with Egyptian motifs and exhibited at the Philadelphia Centennial of 1876, Walter Smith observed (Masterpieces of the Centennial International Exhibition [Philadelphia, 1876–78]): "There is something peculiarly suggestive and appropriate in choosing for the ornamentation of a clock—a mechanical apparatus that records the flight of time—emblems and figures taken from a country whose very existence today is a constant reminder of the centuries gone by, whose monuments stand as silent but sublime records of the glory of past ages."
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