Clock with vestals

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Identifier: oai:artsmia.org:3061; TMS:3061
Type: Horology
Title: Clock with vestals
Creator: Pierre-Phillippe Thomire ; Clockworks by Sauvageot
Creator nationality: French
Creator dates: French, 1751-1843; Paris
Creator role: Designer; Manufacturer
Extent: 20 1/2 x 25 1/2 x 7 in. (52.07 x 64.77 x 17.78 cm)
Medium: Bronze, gilt bronze, enameled dial, marble
Style: 18th century
Culture: Europe, France
Created: c. 1790
Created earliest year: 1785
Created latest year: 1795
Spatial currentrepository: Minneapolis Institute of Arts (Minneapolis, MN, USA)
Identifier accession: 82.25
Spatial creationlocation: Europe, France
Spatial gallerylocation: On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, G314
Credit line: Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Gift of the Groves Foundation
Description inscription: Inscriptions on clock face: [Sauvageot a Paris] on back of clock mechanisms: [Sauvageot à Paris No. 26]
Publisher: Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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