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Thursday, December 26, 2013

Precision and Splendor at the Frick


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 3 3/4 x 16 13/16 in.

Robert Robin (1741–1799)
Case attributed to Pierre–Philippe Thomire (1751–1843)
Enameler Joseph Coteau (1740–1812)
Mainspring by Claude Monginot (working 1784–1797)




(Detail)

Precision and Splendor: Clocks and Watches
At The Frick Collection.