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Mantel clock (pendule à console)
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Case: bronze formerly gilded silvered or lacquered; dial: white enamel with black numerals; movement: brass and steel
Rights: Public Domain
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Bequest of Ogden Mills 1929
Title: Mantel clock (pendule à console)
Description:
Case: bronze formerly gilded silvered or lacquered; dial: white enamel with black numerals; movement: brass and steel.
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