Object details
Accession number
C18w15.a
Primary Creator
Charles Balthazar
(active Paris, 1717 - 1772)
Full title
Mantle Clock
Creation Date
1745-1749
Provenance
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealer Adolph Pick, Vienna for 1500 florins on 17 September 1895 through the American diplomat Lawrence Townsend (1860-1954). (as a set with museum no. C18w17.1-2)
Display Media
Enamel dial encased in brass
Web Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Permanent Gallery Location
Little Salon
Bibliography
Catalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 18. (as "Old Saxe...Clock")
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 138. (as cylindrical movement by Charles Baltazar, dated early 18th century)
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