Mantle clock (pendule)

anonymous, c. 1753

These Meissen porcelain figures were incorporated in a clock at the initiative of a Parisian marchand-mercier (dealer in luxury goods), probably around 1755. Soon thereafter the entire object was mounted on a Neoclassical gilt-bronze (ormolu) base.

  • Artwork typeclock, clockwork, mechanical clock
  • Object numberBK-17503
  • Dimensionsheight 52.5 cm x width 34.6 cm x depth 23.5 cm, width 33.5 cm x depth 22.3 cm
  • Physical characteristicsbeschilderd porselein, verguld brons, email

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Mantle clock (pendule)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-17503

  • Description

    Klok die wordt gedragen door een olifant van polychroom porselein. De olifant staat op een rechthoekig verguld bronzen voetstuk met decoratie van geteld geld, rozetten en guirlandes. Bovenop de klok zit een sultan (afneembaar), en op de nek van de olifant zit een zwarte man. Het porselein is niet gemerkt.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • signature: ‘Gudin AParis’
    • inscription: ‘Bussot(?) 9bre 1753/ Gadois Tillieris(?) 1837/ Tillierest(?) Gadois 1837/ aout/ M S Gudin(?)’
    • signature: ‘GUDIN/ A PARIS’
    • inscription: ‘Gadois Tilleres 1839/ M Godin(?)’

Creation

  • Creation

    • bronzeworker: anonymous, Paris
    • porcelain company: Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, Meissen
    • clockmaker: Paul Gudin (possibly), Paris

  • Dating

    • c. 1753
    • c. 1760 - c. 1765

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    beschilderd porselein, verguld brons, email

  • Dimensions

    • height 52.5 cm x width 34.6 cm x depth 23.5 cm
    • width 33.5 cm x depth 22.3 cm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, before 1933;{Photo album ‘Het huis van Dr F. Mannheimer, Amsterdam’, 1928-32, Rijksmuseum, inv. no. B-F-1963-426-33.} from whom, fl. 6,350,000, en bloc, to Artistic & General Securities Ltd. as security for a loan from the Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, but kept in usufruct, 1934;{NHA, 476, RMA Archive, inv. no. 2142, Recapitulatie der geïnventariseerde kunstvoorwerpen van wijlen Dr F. Mannheimer, undated, p. 10, no. Por 120, Artistic no. 21/26; NHA, 233, Arrondissementsrechtbank Amsterdam, inv. no. 1365, “O.R. 256/1939, Faillissementsdossier: nalatenschap Dr. F. Mannheimer, 28 augustus 1939”, image 3, page 2.} purchased from Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

  • Gisela Zick, 'Eine Entwurfszeichnung des 18. Jh. für eine Kaminuhr', Keramos 66 (1974), p. 8, afb. 8.

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