Detail View: The AMICA Library: Longcase Regulator Clock with Mounts Emblematic of Apollo

AMICA ID: 
TFC_.19155046
AMICA Library Year: 
1999
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name: 
CaffiƩri, Philippe
Creator Nationality: 
European; French
Creator Role: 
bronze decorations
Creator Dates/Places: 
1714-1774
Creator Name-CRT: 
Philippe CaffiƩri
Creator Name: 
Lieutaud, Balthazar
Creator Nationality: 
European; French
Creator Role: 
clock case
Creator Dates/Places: 
d.1780
Creator Name-CRT: 
Balthazar Lieutaud
Creator Name: 
Berthoud, Ferdinand
Creator Nationality: 
European; French
Creator Role: 
clock mechanism
Creator Dates/Places: 
1727-1807
Creator Name-CRT: 
Ferdinand Berthoud
Title: 
Longcase Regulator Clock with Mounts Emblematic of Apollo
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
1767
Creation Start Date: 
1767
Creation End Date: 
1767
Materials and Techniques: 
carcass of oak; veneered on the exterior with tulipwood and kingwood and inside the pendulum case with amaranth and snakewood; mounts of gilt bronze; plinth of gray marble veined with rose and brown
Classification Term: 
Furniture
Dimensions: 
H. overall 100 in. (254 cm.)
Dimensions: 
W. of marble plinth 23 3/4 in. (60.3 cm.)
Dimensions: 
D. of plinth 14 5/8 in. (37.2 cm.)
AMICA Contributor: 
The Frick Collection
Owner Location: 
New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 
15.5.46
Credit Line: 
Henry Clay Frick Bequest
Inscriptions: 
Stamped, under the front of the hood and on the back of the base: B. LIEUTAUD; signed and dated, on a bronze plaque mounted below the sculptural group at the top: Les Bronze Par Caffierj L'aine 1767; inscribed, on the clock dial: FERDINAND/ BERTHOUD.
Copyright: 
Licensed for non-commercial, educational use.
Rights: 
Related Document Description: 
New York, The Frick Collection. A Guide to Works of Art on Exhibition [checklist]. 1997, n.p. New York, The Frick Collection. Art in the Frick Collection: Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts [cat.]. Comps. C. Ryskamp, et al., 1996, p.198. New York, TheFrick Collection. An Illustrated Catalogue. Vol.5 Furniture. [cat.]. 1992, pp.314-322.
Related Image Identifier Link: 
TFC_.19155046.tif