Mantel Clock
MakerPorcelain:
Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
, biscuit groups (French, active from 1756 to the present)
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Dateca. 1806-1810
Mediummarble, gilt bronze, biscuit porcelain, blued copper, enamel, glass, brass
Dimensions13 3/4 × 16 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (34.9 × 41.9 × 14 cm.)
DescriptionTwo 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 .
Signed1. MANIERE RUE CHRISTINE / NO 2 painted on dial
2. La Leçon à l'Amour cast into base of group
3. gn incised under base.
Markings1. MANIERE RUE CHRISTINE / NO 2 painted on dial
2. La Leçon à l'Amour cast into base of group
3. gn incised under base.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Adele S. Browning Memorial Collection, gift of Mildred Browning Green and Honorable Lucius Peyton Green
Status
Not on viewObject number78.20.75
