The Metropolitan Museum of Art

David Roentgen: Apollo Clock

Abraham and David Roentgen were renowned German cabinetmakers whose workshop was famed throughout Europe for its exquisite marquetry work and complex mechanical devices. Lavishly embellished and expertly crafted, the Apollo clock is one of the best-known pieces of Roentgen furniture.

This clock, from Roentgen-Museum, Neuwied, is featured in the exhibition Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens (on view October 30, 2012–January 27, 2013).

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Salt spoon

Date:: 1819–38
Culture:: French (Paris)
Medium:: Silver, parcel gilt
Dimensions:: L. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.)
Classification:: Metalwork
Credit Line:: Gift of Mrs. Samuel P. Avery, 1897
Accession Number:: 97.2.193

This artwork is not on display

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Marking: [1] Bearded man's head, numeral 1, in vertical octagon (Paris mark for first standard silver, 1819-38) [2] Mask, in oval (Paris medium excise mark for silver, 1819-38) [3] Giraffe's head (French large census mark, 1838 to present) [4], [5] Insects (anvil marks) Location of marks: [1]-[3] on back of handle [4], [5] on reverse of [2] and [3]
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