Mantel clock with musical movement

Jean-Baptiste-André Furet

Date

ca. 1784

Type

Mantel clock

Medium

Case: gilded and lacquered bronze and marble; Movement (in bust): brass and steel with enameled hour and minute chapter rings (in head); Miniature organ with pipes and bellows (in base): brass, steel, and leather

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

58.75.127

Credit

Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958