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Clock with Father Time

1863
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Carrier-Belleuse was probably the most versatile sculptor of his time. Not only was he, himself, capable of executing commissions for public monuments and creating full-scale Salon pieces, but also his studio was the prolific source of small, decorative sculpture for collectors and limited editions of high-quality decorative objects. In addition, he supplied designs for many other leading producers of the decorative arts, among them porcelains for Sèvres and Minton and luxury objects in metal for the founder Ferdinand Barbedienne and the jeweler Lucien Falize. Carrier's design for this clock which is also in the Museum's collection (see 1991.266), was used by the Paris firm of Guéret frères, specialists in furniture with carved wooden ornament.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Clock with Father Time
  • Designer: Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (French, Anizy-le-Château 1824–1887 Sèvres)
  • Maker: Cabinetmaker: Guéret Frêres (1853–ca. 1900)
  • Maker: Clockmakers: Cartier (French, founded Paris, 1847) and
  • Maker: Clockmaker: Vincenti et Cie (1831–1890) , working separately ca. 1860–90
  • Date: 1863
  • Culture: French, Paris
  • Medium: Walnut, glass, bronze, and steel
  • Dimensions: Overall: 20 3/4 × 16 1/4 × 8 in. (52.7 × 41.3 × 20.3 cm)
  • Classification: Horology
  • Credit Line: Purchase, David T. Schiff Gift, 1991
  • Object Number: 1991.261
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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Father Time on a Globe; Design for a Clock, Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse French, Red chalk, heightened with white chalk, touches of black chalk
Father Time on a Globe; Design for a Clock
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
19th century
Design for a Frontispiece, Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse French, Black chalk, white gouache
Design for a Frontispiece
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
19th century
Michelangelo, Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse French, Silvered bronze, French, Paris
Michelangelo
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
modeled before 1883
Basket, Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse French, Lead-glazed earthenware (Mintons "Majolica"), British, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Basket
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Minton(s)
1868
Girl in a Straw Bonnet, Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse French, Terracotta with wood base, French, Paris
Girl in a Straw Bonnet
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
ca. 1868–70

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