Mantel Clock

This clock, the most significant in the Huntington collection, has an esteemed pedigree. It was made for Prince Maximilian of Hapsburg, the last elector and archbishop of Cologne, who is depicted in the upper medallion wearing ermine-trimmed robes. As brother to Marie-Antoinette of France, Maximilian developed a taste for Parisian luxury goods, particularly porcelain-mounted objects like this clock. Bought by Henry Huntington over a century later, it became a most suitable addition to the memorial collection he formed in honor of his wife Arabella, a devotee of the ill-fated queen.