Eighteenth-Century French Clocks

Eighteenth-Century French Clocks (click image for details)

	Case by Charles Cressent (1685−1768) Movement by Jean-Baptiste Delaroche (dates unknown) Spring-Driven Pendulum Clock on a Bracket Paris, c. 1735 Gilt bronze, enameled metal, and glass 44 1/2 in. high x 18 1/8 in. wide (113 cm high x 46 cm wide) Horace Wood Brock Collection
	Clock movement by Jean Martin (active 1737−1786) Porcelain: Chinese, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (1736−95) Garniture of One Clock and Two Vases Paris, c. 1764 Hard-paste porcelain known as celadon bleu fleuri, gilt bronze, and enameled metal Clock: 21 in., diameter: 8 in. (53.3 cm, diameter: 20.3 cm) Vases: 14 in., diameter: 9 in. each (35.6 cm, diameter: 22.9 cm) Horace Wood Brock Collection
	Robert Robin (1741–1799) case attributed to Pierre–Philippe Thomire (1751–1843) enameler Joseph Coteau (1740–1812) mainspring by Claude Monginot (working 1784–1797) Gilt-Bronze and Enamel Mantel Regulator Clock Showing Mean and Solar Time Paris, 1784 gilt brass, steel, polychrome enamel and gold on gilt brass and bronze 16 1/8 x 8 3/4 x 6 13/16 in. (41 x 22.3 x 17.3 cm) Bequest of Winthrop Kellogg Edey, 1999 Accession number: 1999.5.151 [click to zoom into details]
	Renacle-Nicolas Sotiau (1749–1791) Figures after Simon-Louis Boizot (1743–1809) Mantel Clock Representing Study and Philosophy Paris, c. 1785–90 Patinated and gilt bronze, marbre, enameled metal, and glass 22 1/2 x 21 13/16 x 5 1/2 in. (57.2 x 53.8 x 14 cm) Horace Wood Brock Collection
	Clockmaker Jean-Baptiste Lepaute (1727−1802) Terracotta sculpture by Claude Michel Clodion (1738−1814) The Dance of Time, Three Nymphs Supporting a Clock Paris, 1788 Terracotta, gilt brass, and glass H.: 40 3/4 in in. (H.: 103.5 cm) Purchased by The Frick Collection through the Bequest of Winthrop Kellogg Edey, 2006 Accession number: 2006.2.02
	Lenoble à Paris (dates unknown) Gilt-bronze mounts attributed to François Rémond (1747–1812) Pediment Clock Paris, c. 1790 Patinated and gilt bronze, glass 31 5/8 x 19 3/8 x 8 1/4 in (80.3 x 49.2 x 21 cm) Horace Wood Brock Collection
	Jean-François Denière (1774−1866) Malachite and Gilt-Bronze Mantel Clock Paris, c. 1810 Malachite and gilt bronze 17 x 10 1/16 x 6 1/2 in Horace Wood Brock Collection