Obelisk clock with a Franklin movement
David Roentgen|Peter Kinzing
ca. 1785–90
Medium
Oak, thuya burl wood, gilded bronze, silver, and steel
Dimensions
Overall: 75 × 21 1/8 × 7 5/8 in. (190.5 × 53.7 × 19.3 cm)
Classification
Woodwork-Furniture|Horology
Culture
German, Neuwied am Rhein
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Acquisitions Fund, in honor of Wolfram Koeppe, 2015
Accession Number
2015.504a–d
About the Artist
David Roentgen|Peter Kinzing · 1743–1807
German, Herrnhaag 1743–1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780