Mantel clock (pendule de chiminée)

Paul Gudin Le Jeune, clock ca. 1750, figures decorated ca. 1737/38

Artist

Paul Gudin Le Jeune (French, recorded 1739, died 1755)

Date

clock ca. 1750, figures decorated ca. 1737/38

Medium

Case: hard-paste and soft-paste porcelain, with gilded-bronze mounts; Dial: white enamel with blue numerals for hours and blue numerals for minutes; Movement: brass and steel

Size

Overall: 17 1/2 × 11 1/4 × 8 3/4 in. (44.5 × 28.6 × 22.2 cm); Diameter (back plate): 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)

Type

Horology

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed