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Mantle Clock (pendule du cheminee)

Artist unknown
Style of: Etienne-Maurice Falconet (French (Paris), 1716–1791)
French
late 19th or early 20th century
Object Place: Europe, France

Medium/Technique Metal; gilt bronze; enameled metal dial
Dimensions 33.66 x 36.83 cm (13 1/4 x 14 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2233
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsFurnitureClocks

DescriptionAfter Falconet; reclining gilt bronze figure of a woman, on a rococo base, right hand down holding a spray of flowers, left hand, with spray resting on small round clock, a cluster of tall leaves, back of clock. Has green oval separate marble flat base.
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)