The Metropolitan Museum of Art

David Roentgen: Long-Case Clock

Abraham and David Roentgen were renowned German cabinetmakers whose workshop was famed throughout Europe for its exquisite marquetry work and complex mechanical devices. Exquisitely constructed, the case of this clock boasts finely detailed marquetry designs and a multitude of functions, including dials that indicate the time in ten of the most important cities in the world.

This clock is featured in the exhibition Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens (on view October 30, 2012–January 27, 2013). See Collections to learn more about this clock.

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Date:: early 17th century
Culture:: French (Avon) (School of)
Medium:: Lead-glazed earthenware
Dimensions:: Overall (confirmed): 9 13/16 x 4 1/2 x 3 5/16 in. (24.9 x 11.4 x 8.4 cm)
Classification:: Ceramics
Credit Line:: Gift of Julia A. Berwind, 1953
Accession Number:: 53.225.51

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

Possibly Émile Gavet (until 1897; sale, Catalogue des objets d'art et de haute curiosite de la Renaissance…La Collection de M[onsieur] Emile Gavet, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, May 31–June 9, 1897, p. 128, no. 495)
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What
Ceramics (29,327)

Pottery (12,857)

Earthenware (6,693)

Glaze (5,157)

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Ceramic glaze (1,116)

Lead glaze (302)
Where
Europe (150,115)

France (49,363)

Seine-et-Marne (52)

Avon (10)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (66,675)
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France, 1600–1800 A.D.