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Clock with Chinoiserie Pattern

Cooper Hewitt

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    Object Details

    Manufacturer

    Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

    Attributed to

    Johann Gottlob Kirchner, German, 1706 - after 1737

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Lantern-shaped clock case raising from tall concave sockle on roughly square base. Two satyrs seated on scrolls support arched cornice above which a ribbed, scrolled and wrinkled top raises, crowned by a cat. Clock in center framed in metal and covered with glass. Polychrome and gold chinoiserie scenes and scrollwork.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Irwin Untermyer

    Date

    1730–1733

    Accession Number

    1955-163-13

    Restrictions & Rights

    CC0

    Type

    ceramics
    Decorative Arts

    Object Name

    clock

    Type

    clock

    Medium

    hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, metal

    Dimensions

    H x W x D: 42.3 × 22.5 × 12 cm (16 5/8 × 8 7/8 × 4 3/4 in.)

    Place

    Germany

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    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq446a060db-6a01-4539-8472-a36e30ee00c2

    Record ID

    chndm_1955-163-13

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