Clock
Meissen Manufactory
(Germany)
Vincennes Manufactory
(France)
mid-18th century
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueGilt-bronze, enameled metal, hard-paste porcelain, soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamel decoration, gilding
Dimensions72.4 x 39.4 cm (28 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William A. Coolidge
Accession number1993.54
On View
Not on viewClassificationsFurniture
Collections
ProvenanceLord Gage, Firle Place, East Sussex, England [see note 1]. By 1960, Antique Porcelain Company, New York; May 3, 1960, sold by the Antique Porcelain Company to William Appleton Coolidge (b. 1901 - d. 1992), Topsfield and Cambridge, MA; 1993, bequest of William Appleton Coolidge to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 27, 1993)
NOTES:
[1] According to the Antique Porcelain Company invoice (May 3, 1960).
NOTES:
[1] According to the Antique Porcelain Company invoice (May 3, 1960).
