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Clock

Clockmaker: Laurent Ridel French
Casemaker: Attributed to Jules-Simon Deverberie French
ca. 1800
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Clock
  • Maker: Clockmaker: Laurent Ridel (French, active 1789)
  • Maker: Casemaker: Attributed to Jules-Simon Deverberie (French, active 1788–1820, died ca. 1824)
  • Date: ca. 1800
  • Culture: French, Paris
  • Medium: Case: partly patinated and partly gilded bronze, gilded brass, and paste jewels; Dial: white enamel with gilded brass and steel hands; Movement: brass and steel
  • Dimensions: Overall: 22 1/8 × 17 1/2 × 6 in. (56.2 × 44.5 × 15.2 cm); Diameter (back plate): 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
  • Classification: Horology
  • Credit Line: Gift of Estate of James Hazen Hyde, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.208.79
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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