Mantel Clock

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Type: Decorative arts(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1806-1810
Accession number: 78.20.75
Makers: Clockmaker Charles-Guillaume Hautmaniere(Opens in new tab) (French, 1778–1778); Porcelain: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory(Opens in new tab) (French, born 1756)
Dimensions: 13 3/4 × 16 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (34.9 × 41.9 × 14 cm.)
Medium: marble, gilt bronze, biscuit porcelain, blued copper, enamel, glass, brass
Description

Two figural groups made of biscuit de Sevres flank an octogonal clock. The figures represent "La lecon de l'amour" and "La lecon a l'amour." A pair of gilt bronze doves (symbols of Venus) alight on top of the the clock. The clock rests on a tassled and goat-hooved pedestal. The marble base has rounded corners decorated with a gilt bronze frieze and mounts .

Credit

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Adele S. Browning Memorial Collection, gift of Mildred Browning Green and Honorable Lucius Peyton Green

Department

European Art

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