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Mantel clock. Classicism. France

Unknown19th century

Lithuanian National Museum of Art

Lithuanian National Museum of Art
Vilnius, Lietuva

This is a bronze mantel clock with a pendulum and bell. The clock’s bronze mount, held atop six bun-shaped feet, is placed on an oval wooden base. The front is decorated with attached bronze ornaments: cupids flying on winged Pegasus-like horses. Neptune’s head is between them, atop crossed torches. The clock’s mechanism is mounted within a flat, bronze, blackened vase that grows wider at the top, which is standing on the mount.  At the top of the vase, on a shell drawn by two birds, there is a seated Diana. At its base, the vase is decorated with two winged dolphins, and at the sides – heads of Neptune from which water flows down into basins below. The Roman numerals (I-XII) marking the hours and the minute sections are drawn onto the white enamel coated clock face, which is surrounded by a bronze border. The numbers “9548” have been etched into the pendulum and the mechanism.

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  • Title: Mantel clock. Classicism. France
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date: 19th century
  • Physical Dimensions: h385 mm
  • Provenance: Lithuanian Art Museum
  • Type: Watch
  • External Link: Lithuanian Art Museum
  • Medium: Bronze, wood
Lithuanian National Museum of Art

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