Clock and Pedestal
- Date
- c.1710–20
- made in
- Paris, Île-de-France region, France, Europe
- Classification
- Furniture, timepieces & measuring devices
- Collection
- Decorative Arts and Design
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 99 3/8 in. × 21 3/8 in. × 12 in. (252.4 × 54.3 × 30.5 cm)
Clock and plinth: 48 × 20 1/2 × 9 3/16 in. (121.9 × 52.1 × 23.3 cm)
Pedestal: 50 1/2 × 21 1/4 × 12 in. (128.3 × 54 × 30.5 cm) - Credit Line
- Friends Endowment Fund
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 32:1989a-g
NOTES
Roman architecture and mythology inspired the design and decoration of this elaborate clock and its pedestal. At the top of the dome, a bearded man carries a scythe, symbolic of the concept of Time. Beneath the dial’s Roman numeral XII is the sun, a reference to Apollo, god of light, in addition to the Sun King, Louis XIV of France. Minerva, goddess of Wisdom, is shown below the clock’s face with a crane, representative of her vigilance.
Provenance
- 1858
David Falcke, London, England [1]
1858/04/19
At auction, "Catalogue of the Magnificent Collection of Works of Art and Vertu Formed by Mr. David Falcke," Christie & Manson, London, England, April 19, 1858, lot nos. 1400 (clock), 1401 (pedestal) [2]
1985/12/05
At auction, "Tableaux anciens, porcelaines -- porcelaines montées, objets d'art et de très bel ameublement," Ader Picard Tajan, Paris, France, December 5, 1985, lot no. 105 [3]
- 1989
Maurice Segoura Antiquaire, Paris, France
1989 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Maurice Segoura Antiquaire [4]
Notes:
[1] See note [2].
[2] See "Catalogue of the Magnificent Collection of Works of Art and Vertu Formed by Mr. David Falcke," Christie & Manson, London, England, April 19, 1858, lot nos. 1400, 1401.
[3] See catalogue "Tableaux anciens, porcelaines -- porcelaines montées, objets d'art et de très bel ameublement," Ader Picard Tajan, Paris, France, December 5, 1985, lot no. 105.
[4] Invoice dated March 9, 1989 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, April 25, 1989.
David Falcke, London, England [1]
1858/04/19
At auction, "Catalogue of the Magnificent Collection of Works of Art and Vertu Formed by Mr. David Falcke," Christie & Manson, London, England, April 19, 1858, lot nos. 1400 (clock), 1401 (pedestal) [2]
1985/12/05
At auction, "Tableaux anciens, porcelaines -- porcelaines montées, objets d'art et de très bel ameublement," Ader Picard Tajan, Paris, France, December 5, 1985, lot no. 105 [3]
- 1989
Maurice Segoura Antiquaire, Paris, France
1989 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Maurice Segoura Antiquaire [4]
Notes:
[1] See note [2].
[2] See "Catalogue of the Magnificent Collection of Works of Art and Vertu Formed by Mr. David Falcke," Christie & Manson, London, England, April 19, 1858, lot nos. 1400, 1401.
[3] See catalogue "Tableaux anciens, porcelaines -- porcelaines montées, objets d'art et de très bel ameublement," Ader Picard Tajan, Paris, France, December 5, 1985, lot no. 105.
[4] Invoice dated March 9, 1989 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Collections Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, April 25, 1989.
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