Decorative arts
Mantel Clock
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- 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 .
