Object Detail
Description
marble clock, circular white enamelled dial with Arabic and Roman chapter ring, pierced gilt hands, The case surmounted with a bouquet of foliage, below a pair of [pineapple] acorn finials, leaf cast border and draped chains, supported on lion's paw feet to an oval base on toupie feet. The candelabra with conforming decoration.
Maker and role
horologer: Francois Meyer (French, b.1776, d.1789)
Production place
Paris, France
Production date
circa 1780
circa 1776
circa 1776
Media description
gilt-bronze [ormolu], marble
Measurements
350 x 180 x 130 mm
Inscriptions
signed Meyer, A PARIS
Credit line
Foundation Collection, 1989
Project credit line
This digital record has been made available on TJC Collection Online through a significant donation from the OPENING DOORS fund, the generous support of The Friends of The Johnston Collection, and Digitisation Champion Christine Bell
Accession number
A0922
TJC reference number
1163
