Mantel Clock

1809

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Jacques Nicolas Pierre François Dubuc

Mantel Clock

Jacques Nicolas Pierre François Dubuc

Mantel Clock

1809

Physical Qualities Mercury gilded brass, iron, enameled metal , 19 x 14 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. (48.3 x 36.8 x 14.6 cm.)

Credit Line Friends of the American Wing Fund

Object Number 1994.163

Portraying George Washington standing on a molded plinth, his right hand holding a scroll, his left resting on his sword hilt. The plinth frieze has applied relief depicting Washington's farewell to his officers, flanked by palm fronds, each side applied with a laurel wreath. An eagle, facing left, clutching arrows and laurel surmounts the rectangular case. Round white enamel dial with Roman chapters & Breguet hands; the movement strikes the hours and half hours on bells. The whole stands on four flattened, engine-turned ball feet.

William Fehsenfeld, Sylvan Cohen, DDS

Inscribed: On dial, 'Dubuc/Rue Michel-le-Comte No.33/A PARIS'; on plinth below eagle, 'E PLURIBUS UNUM'; on drapery below clock face, 'WASHINGTON./First in WAR, First in PEACE,/First in the HEARTS of his COUNTRYMEN'.