Design for a Mantel Clock
Object Details
- Follower of
- Jean-Louis Prieur the Younger, French, 1759 – 1795
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Design for a marble and bronze clock. The clock is set in a marble case, a truncated pyramid in shape, mounted on a marble and bronze plinth. Below the dial a bronze swag, above the dial an escutcheon. An eagle at apex with outstretched wings, with chains suspended from his beak.
- Credit Line
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
- 1780–90
- Accession Number
- 1911-28-451
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- timepieces & measuring devices
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- 26.5 x 15.4 cm (10 7/16 x 6 1/16 in.)
- made in
- France
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1911-28-451
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4c4e6782c-3cf7-4ae7-a771-de71850518db
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