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Clock case
Lecreux, Nicolas - Enlarge image
Clock case
- Place of origin:
Tournai, Belgium (made)
- Date:
ca. 1770 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Lecreux, Nicolas (possibly, modeller)
Tournai porcelain factory (manufacturer) - Materials and Techniques:
Soft-paste porcelain
- Museum number:
894-1875
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case Z, shelf 4
Physical description
Clock case of soft-paste porcelain and in the form of a scrollwork pedestal on a rocky base, on which is a group of six cupids. The pedestal and rock work are ornamented with leafy branches and trailing sprays of flowers.
Place of Origin
Tournai, Belgium (made)
Date
ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/maker
Lecreux, Nicolas (possibly, modeller)
Tournai porcelain factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Soft-paste porcelain
Marks and inscriptions
'40'
Dimensions
Height: 40 cm, Width: 15.9 cm
Descriptive line
Clock case of soft-paste porcelain, possibly modelled by N. Lecreux, Tournai porcelain factory, Tournai, ca. 1770.
Production Note
Acquired as Buen Retiro, reattributed to Tournay by Lucien Delplace in 1966; illustrated by Delplace in Considerations sur les Porcelaines de Tournai, 1970, p. 201.
Materials
Soft-paste porcelain
Subjects depicted
Flowers; Leaves; Scrollwork; Putti
Categories
Porcelain; Ceramics; Clocks & Watches; Figures & Decorative ceramics
Collection code
CER
