Works of Art (47)
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Astronomical Table Clock, second quarter of 16th century, German; Made in Augsburg, Case of gilt bronze and gilt brass; movement of gilt brass and steel (17.190.747) |
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Automaton in the form of a chariot pushed by a Chinese attendant and set with a clock, 1766,
Signed by James Cox (English),
Case: gold, with diamonds and paste jewels set in silver; pearls; dial: white enamel; movement: brass, partly gilded, and steel; the balance wheel and cock of silver set with paste jewels (1982.60.137) |
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Cartel, or Wall Clock, ca. 1735–40, Movement by Étienne I Le Noir (French), Case: soft-paste porcelain with gilt-bronze fittings; Dial: white enamel with blue numerals; Movement: brass and steel (1982.60.84) |
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Celestial Globe with Clockwork, dated 1579, Movement by Gerhard Emmoser (Austrian), Made in Vienna, Austria, Case of silver, partly gilt, and gilt brass; movement of brass and steel (17.190.636) |
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Clock watch with calendar, ca. 1600–1610,
Movement probably by Nicolas Forfaict the Elder (French),
Case: silver and gilded brass; Dial: gilded brass and silver, with a steel hand; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued (17.190.1607) |
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Clock watch, ca. 1600–1610,
Movement by Michael Nouwen, or Nouen (Flemish, active London),
Case: gilded brass; Dial: gilded brass, with a blued steel hand; Movement: gilded brass and iron (17.190.1549) |
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Clock with pedestal (Pendule sur gaine), ca. 1690,
Movement by Jacques III Thuret (French) or more likely his father, Isaac II Thuret (French); case by André-Charles Boulle (French) after designs supplied by Jean Bérain (French),
Case: oak, with brass and engraved pewter inlay on a tortoiseshell ground, and gilt-bronze mounts; dial: gilt brass with enamel numerals; movement: brass and steel (58.53) |
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Clock, ca. 1780–90, Workshop of David Roentgen (German); Movement attributed to Elie Prudhomme, German; Neuwied, Oak, pine mahogany; brass and gilt-bronze mounts, enamel (2002.237) |
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Design for a ring watch, 1561,
Pierre II Woeiriot (French),
Engraving (26.57.50) |
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Elephant Clock: Leaf from The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari, Detached folio from an illustrated manuscript, 715 A.H. / 1315 A.D.; Mamluk, Abu’l Izz Ismacil al-Jazari, Author, Probably Syria, Ink, colors, and gold on paper (57.51.23) |
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Hooded Wall Clock with Calendar, ca. 1660–65, Movement by Ahasuerus I Fromanteel (English), Case: oak veneered with ebony; gilt-brass mounts; Dial: gilded and silvered brass with black numerals; Movement: brass and steel (1974.28.93) |
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Jewel cabinet incorporating a watch, possibly before 1766,
Signed by James Cox (English),
Agate, mounted in gilded copper and gilded brass and set with painted enamel plaques, and fruitwood (64.101.829) |
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Longcase Clock, probably ca. 1675–78, Movement by Thomas Tompion (English), Case: oak, veneered with oystershell-cut olivewood and marquetry panels of green-stained bone, ivory, and various woods, gilt-brass mounts; Dial: brass, partly gilded and partly silvered; Movement: brass and steel (1999.48.2) |
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Longcase Regulator with Equation Work and Calendar (Régulateur à equation), ca. 1768–70, Movement by Ferdinand Berthoud (French); Case by Balthazar Lieutaud (French), Case: oak veneered with ebony, with gilt-bronze mounts and glass panel; Dial: white enamel with black numerals; Movement: brass and steel (1982.60.50) |
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Mantel Clock (Pendule de chiminée), ca. 1757–60, Movement by the Workshop of Julien Le Roy (French); Case by Joseph Baumhauer (French), Case: gilded and patinated bronze, on a base of oak veneered with ebony; Dial: white enamel with black numerals; Movement: brass and steel (1991.8) |
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Mantel Clock (Telleruhr), ca. 1710, Movement by Franz Xaver Gegenreiner (German); Repoussé silver by Johann Andreas Thelot (German), Case: tortoiseshell veneer and silver, partly gilt; Dial: champlevé silver with black numerals; Movement: brass and steel (46.162) |
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Mantel clock, ca. 1750,
ST Germain for Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain (French); Gosselin à Paris, possibly Jean-Philippe (French) or Jean-Baptiste Gosselin (French, active Paris),
Bronze, originally gilded or silvered, enameled dial (37.160.9)
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Mantel clock, ca. 1780–90,
French (Paris),
Gilt bronze, enamel, and marble (17.190.2126)
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Miniature secretary incorporating a watch, ca. 1766–72,
Signed by James Cox (English),
Case: agate, with gold mounts, gilded brass, pearls, and paste jewels set in silver; dial: white enamel (46.184a–c) |
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Monstrance Clock or Mirror Clock, ca. 1570, Made in Nuremberg, Germany, Case of gilt bronze; dial of gilt brass; movement of steel (17.190.639) |
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Nécessaire incorporating an automaton watch, ca. 1770–72,
Signed by James Cox (English),
Case: moss agate, mounted in gold and set with diamonds, rubies, and emeralds; silver; and mirror glass; dial: white enamel, with frame pavé set with paste jewels (57.128a–o) |
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Pair-case automaton watch, ca. 1770–75,
Signed by James Cox (English),
Outer case: gold, partly enameled and set with gemstones and paste jewels; inner case: gold with casemaker's mark of Peter Mounier (English); dial: white enamel, with frame set with paste jewels; movement: brass, steel, and silver (1977.436.4) |
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Pair-case Puritan watch, ca. 1640,
Movement by Edward East (English),
Outer and inner cases: silver, with a single blued steel hand; Movement: gilded brass, steel, partly blued, and silver (17.190.1468ab) |
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Pair-case watch, 1682–83,
Movement by Thomas Tompion (English); inner case and dial by Nathaniel Delander (English),
Outer case: leather with gold studs monogrammed RWR surmounted by a coronet (unidentified); Inner case and champlevé dial: gold, with blued steel hands; Movement: gilded brass, steel, partly blued, and silver (17.190.1489ab) |
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Portable Diptych Sundial, ca. 1598, Hans Troschel the Elder (German, Nuremberg), Ivory and brass (03.21.38) |
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The principal parts of a watch, 1741,
Detail of an engraving from Antoine Thiout l'aîné, Traité de l'horlogerie mechanique et pratique (Paris, 1741), vol. 2, pl. 34,
Engraving (146.9/T34) |
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Table Clock with a Skeleton Movement, mid-16th century or earlier, South German, Case and dial of gilt brass; hand and movement of steel (29.52.7) |
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Table Clock with Calendar, ca. 1720, Movement by Daniel Delander (English), Case: oak, with burl walnut veneer and stained wooden moldings, brass fittings; Dial: gilded and silvered brass with black numerals; Movement: brass and steel (1974.28.94) |
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Tall clock, 1789, John Townsend (American) and William Tomlinson (British), Newport, Rhode Island, Mahogany, chestnut, tulip poplar, maple (27.57.2) |
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Tall clock, ca. 1900,
Charles Rohlfs (American),
Oak, copper (1985.261) |
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Traveling clock watch with alarm, ca. 1680,
Movement by Thomas Tompion (English); case by Nathaniel Delander (English),
Case and dial: silver; Movement: gilded brass, steel, partly blued, and silver (17.190.1512) |
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Vase or clock ornament, ca. 1770,
French,
Gilt bronze (07.225.510.316)
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Watch in the form of a Lesser George,Movement by Nicholas Vallin (Flemish),
Case: gold, partly enameled, and rock crystal; Dial: gold, partly enameled, with gilded-brass hand; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued (17.190.1475) |
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Watch in the form of a skull, ca. 1640–50,
Movement by Isaac Penard (Swiss),
Case and dial: silver, partly nielloed, with a single silver hand; Movement: gilded brass and steel (17.190.1575) |
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Watch, ca. 1630–40,
Movement by Johann Possdorffer, or Poestdorffer (Bohemian or German),
Case: rock crystal and gold, partly enameled; Dial: painted enamel on gold, with a single gold hand; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued (17.190.1525) |
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Watch, ca. 1645–50,
Movement by Jacques Goullons, or Coullons (French),
Case and dial: painted enamel on gold; Movement: gilded brass, steel, partly blued, and silver (17.190.1557) |
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Watch, ca. 1650,
Movement by Nicolas Bernard (French),
Case: enameled gold; Dial: enameled gold, with a single gilded brass hand; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued (17.190.1622) |
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Watch, ca. 1650–60,
Movement by Charles Bobinet (Swiss), Case: pink agate, mounted in enameled gold; Dial: painted enamel with a single gilded-brass hand; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued (17.190.1617) |
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Watch, ca. 1650–60,
Movement by Jean Rousseau the Younger (Swiss),
Case: rock crystal mounted in gilded brass; Dial: silver, with single gilded brass hand; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued (17.190.1014) |
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Watch, ca. 1660–70,
Movement by F. L. Meybom, or Maybon; case attributed to Isaac Bergeron, dit d'Argent (French),
Movement: gilded brass, steel, partly blued, and silver; Case: blued steel, gilded brass, rock crystal, silver, and diamonds; Dial: painted enamel and basse-taille enamel on gold, with a single gold hand (17.190.1600) |
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Watch, ca. 1675–80,
Movement by Johannes Van Ceulen the Elder (Dutch); case and dial probably by Josias Belle (French),
Movement: gilded brass, steel, partly blued, and silver; Case and dial: enameled gold and painted enamel on gold (17.190.1417) |
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Watch, ca. 1680,
Movement probably by Nicolas Gribelin (French),
Case: painted enamel on gold; Dial: painted enamel with champlevé gold chapter ring; Movement: gilded brass, steel, partly blued, and silver (17.190.1559) |
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Watch, ca. 1850–55, Firm of François Czapek (Swiss), Case of enameled gold; dial of painted enamel; movement of gilded brass and steel (1983.183.5) |
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Watch, probably ca. 1670,
Movement by Nikolaus II Rugendas (German),
Case: gold, enameled and set with gemstones; Dial: painted enamel on gold, with a single gold hand; Movement: glided brass and steel, partly blued (17.190.1520) |
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Watchcase, ca. 1645, movement ca. 1750,
Movement by Lambertus Vrijthoff (Dutch),
French (probably Paris),
Case and dial: painted enamel on gold; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued (17.190.1413) |
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Watchcase, ca. 1686–88,
Case by Jean-Pierre Huaud (Swiss); movement by Johann G. Racine (Swiss, active Berlin),
Case: painted enamel on gold; Movement: gilded brass, steel, partly blued, and silver (17.190.1522) |
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Watchcase, ca. 1700,
Case and dial by Jean-Pierre Huaud (Swiss) and Amy Huaud (Swiss); movement by Pieter Klock (Dutch),
Case and dial: painted enamel on gold; Movement: gilded brass, steel, partly blued, and silver (17.190.1436) |
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Thematic Essays (10)
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