Decorative arts

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
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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