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Table clock
Made at: Chelsea Manufactory (England, active 1745–1784)
Signed by: John Fladgate (English, working 1743–1781)
Signed by: John Fladgate (English, working 1743–1781)
English
about 1761
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain, enameled and gilded
Dimensions
Overall: 29.2 x 18.4 cm (11 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard C. Paine
Accession Number30.353
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionIncorporates a watch signed "Fladgate" (hands broken), in the center of a sunflower, surrounded by a bouquet of various flowers in natural colors, on scrolled and gilded base.
Marks
Mark: Gold Anchor
InscriptionsOn watch dial, "Fladgate"
ProvenanceBy 1924, probably Alfred E. Hutton, London [see note 1]. By 1930, Richard C. Paine (b. 1893 - d. 1966), Boston; 1930, gift of Richard C. Paine to the MFA. (Accession date: April 3, 1930)
NOTES:
[1] A similar clock case is illustrated in R. Blunt, ed. "The Cheyne Book of Chelsea China and Pottery" (1925) from the Alfred Hutton Collection.
NOTES:
[1] A similar clock case is illustrated in R. Blunt, ed. "The Cheyne Book of Chelsea China and Pottery" (1925) from the Alfred Hutton Collection.