Decorative arts
Mantel Clock
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- Date
- ca. 1785 and later
- Accession number
- 27.182
- Maker
- Japy Freres & Cie(Opens in new tab) (French, born 1807)
- Dimensions
- 24 3/4 x 16 x 9 1/8 in. (62.9 x 40.6 x 23.2 cm.)
- Medium
- gilt and blued bronze, marble, enamel, glass, brass
- Description
- The clock is set in a barrel-shaped case flanked on either side by standing putti. Above the clock, there is a vase decorated with swags of grapevines, a revolving enamel band with paintings of female divinities and putti, and a seated putto on the top. The standing putti hold attributes of the 'arts,' in contrast with the putti on the related clock in the Wallace Collection, which hold emblems of astronomy. The putto on the left carrie a paint brush and stands with a foot on a sculpted female head, a scroll, and a mallet. The right putto holds a sheet of paper with calipers at his feet. Putti playing decorate the plaque at the base of the clock. The clockworks are modern replacements stamped 'Japy Freres et Cir 173.3.11.'
