Longcase clock with calendrical, lunar, and tidal indications, also known as the Graves Tompion

Medium

Case: oak veneered with walnut, panels of oystershell-cut olive wood; marquetry panels of green-stained bone, ivory, various woods; mounts: gilded brass; dial: gilded and silvered brass; movement: brass, steel

Dimensions

Overall: 77 × 17 × 8 in. (195.6 × 43.2 × 20.3 cm)

Classification

Horology

Culture

British, London

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Marilyn Preston Graves, 1999

Accession Number

1999.48.2

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