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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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1955-163-13