Clock

Manufactory Porcelain plaques by Sèvres Manufactory French

ca. 1775

Not on view

Although several different models of clocks were made with Sèvres plaques between the 1760s and 1790s, extant examples are rare. This particular one is decorated with flowers and military themes; its crest has a trophy with armor and unidentified heraldic devices in gilt bronze.

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Title: Clock
Manufactory: Porcelain plaques by Sèvres Manufactory (French, 1740–present)
Date: ca. 1775
Culture: French
Medium: Gilt bronze, porcelain, enamel, brass, steel
Dimensions: Overall: 23 5/8 × 13 3/4 × 9 1/2 in. (60 × 34.9 × 24.1 cm)
Classification: Horology
Credit Line: Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
Object Number: 58.75.62
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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Modeler Jean-Claude Duplessis
Decorator Attributed to Charles Nicolas Dodin
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ca. 1788–90

Mantel clock (pendule de chiminée), Paul Gudin Le Jeune French, Case: hard-paste and soft-paste porcelain, with gilded-bronze mounts; Dial: white enamel with blue numerals for hours and blue numerals for minutes; Movement: brass and steel, French, Paris with German, Meissen and French, Vincennes case — Mantel clock (pendule de chiminée)
Clockmaker: Paul Gudin Le Jeune
Manufactory Figure group by Meissen Manufactory
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Plate (assiette à palmes) (1 of 102) (part of a service), Sèvres Manufactory French, Soft-paste porcelain, French, Sèvres — Plate (assiette à palmes) (1 of 102) (part of a service)
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Armorer Signature probably refers to Jean Drouart
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