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Movement by: Jean-Nicolas Schmit (French, active about 1780–1820; died in 1820)
Case by: Duc d'Angouleme's manufactory (French, active 1781–1828)
Case by: Duc d'Angouleme's manufactory (French, active 1781–1828)
French (Paris)
about 1785-1789
Object Place: Europe, Paris, France
Medium/Technique
Bisque porcelain with ormolu mounts
Dimensions
48.26 x 46.99 x 11.43 cm (19 x 18 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Frederick T. Bradbury
Accession Number28.894
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionBisque porcelain with ormolu mounts. Putti with book (Poetry) and the other with a palette (Painting) leaning on dial. Shaped, glazed pedestal enriched with reserves of grisaille painting of cupids in the style of Sauvage. Round dial marked with hours, minutes, days of month, days of week.
Marks
"Schmit a Paris" on dial
Incised on left side: "Manufacture de Mgr / Le Duc D'angoulem"
Incised on left side: "Manufacture de Mgr / Le Duc D'angoulem"
Provenance1926, French and Company, New York [see note]. 1928, gift of Harriet J. White (Mrs. Frederick T.) Bradbury (b. 1851 - d. 1930), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 18, 1928)
NOTE: As illustrated in Edward Wenham, "The Renewed Interest in Old Clocks," International Studio, June 1926, p. 82 (photography credit on p. 81).
NOTE: As illustrated in Edward Wenham, "The Renewed Interest in Old Clocks," International Studio, June 1926, p. 82 (photography credit on p. 81).