Mantel Clock

MakerClockmaker: Joseph Léonard Roque (French, active mid to late 18th century)

MakerEnameler: Elie Barbezat (active 1768-1777)

ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS

Dateca. 1780

Mediummarble, gilt bronze, glass, brass

Dimensions17 x 16 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. (43.2 x 41.3 x 16.5 cm.)

DescriptionThree carved figures surround the clock. A woman leans over the clock, to embrace one putto, while another kneels at the base of the case. The clock is framed by gilt bronze beading, a bow at the top, and two swags of flowers on either side. The figures and the clock rest on a pedestal with a continuous frieze of gilt bronze. The grey marble base is modern.

SignedMovement engraved; Roque/A Paris No 575; dial painted Roque// A Paris; back of dial inscribed Barbezat; scratched 13685 EM.

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. The Arabella D. Huntington Memorial Art Collection.

Status

Not on view

Label TextThe case of this clock is fashioned from a single piece of marble. Three carved figures flank the clock: A woman leans over to embrace a putto, while another putto kneels at the base of the case. The clock is framed by gilt-bronze beading, a bow at the top, and two swags of flowers on either side. The flowers and foliage in the garland around the dial and the sharp delineation of the arabesque scrollwork is at once subtle and meticulous.

Object number27.102