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Mantel clock (pendule) with Arachne and Athena

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Various examples of this clock are known. Princess Maria Josepha gave one to her father, Elector Augustus II of Saxony, in 1721. The very three-dimensional figure group surmounting it was one of Johann Gottlieb Kirchner’s earliest works for Meissen. The group was also used on the goblet on view next to the clock.
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Title: Mantel clock (pendule) with Arachne and Athena
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Various examples of this clock are known.
Princess Maria Josepha gave one to her father, Elector Augustus II of Saxony, in 1721.
The very three-dimensional figure group surmounting it was one of Johann Gottlieb Kirchner’s earliest works for Meissen.
The group was also used on the goblet on view next to the clock.

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