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pendule de cheminée
Mantel Clock
pendule de cheminée
French
about 1780
Medium/Technique
White marble and gilt bronze; enameled metal dial (modern)
Dimensions
Overall: 32.4 x 28.2 x 14 cm (12 3/4 x 11 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2234
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionWhite marble, gilt bronze, with figure known as "Justice"; striking movement, flanked by cockerel atop a pile of books, on a stool with draped fabric edged with a tassel fringe. The figure of a woman leans on clock column, her right hand holding open book, oblong plinth with pierced decoration on base, six cone shaped feet.
Inscriptionson the book is inscribed: Chapitre/II/ L'etude la/plus necessaire.a l'homme/est celle/de l'homme
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)