1592991076000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-140587 1747418623060 1747413701000 1747418618370 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-140587 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140587 908945c1-b7e0-36b7-8fd4-ac8395c85352 11 reference term-88390 adlib-term-88390 6d62df01-3cb9-330e-9a2d-43e3ae80042f clocks white and black reference term-32638 adlib-term-32638 97b8d1a5-7b8f-3a2a-a275-7d001aeaae2b enamel Dial reference term-28662 adlib-term-28662 dd47e505-ccda-3f2b-b576-6104109430e8 enamelling reference term-34934 adlib-term-34934 c4c78f83-36bc-382b-b181-0453116c0ed3 ormolu Case reference term-40365 adlib-term-40365 d79c75c2-da7b-3187-918e-f7a374e04005 bronze Rhinoceros reference term-121155 adlib-term-121155 b898c0dc-7140-33c8-981b-6801b109c452 casting Base reference term-121155 adlib-term-121155 b898c0dc-7140-33c8-981b-6801b109c452 casting Case And Base reference term-28681 adlib-term-28681 c1f659e2-1209-31cf-8ff4-154e11452559 gilding Applied Arts table clock with 8 day movement supported on a bronze rhinoceros base. Dial: One piece white enamel dial with black markings, roman numerals for the hours and arabic ones for every five minutes, elaborately pierced and shaped gilt brass hands. Signed in the dial centre ‘JULIEN JOLIE A PARIS'. Movement: 8 day circular movement striking hours and half hours on a bell. The original silk suspension for the pendulum replaced with a Brocot type adjust¬able spring suspension. Case: Of Louis XV design. This consists of a rococo ormolu base on which stands a very finely modelled bronze rhinoceros.This supports the rococo ormolu clock surround which is surmounted by a seated figure of an Indian child. The whole is of very fine quality. The case is signed on the base ‘S.Germain'. reference exhibition-3627 adlib-exhibition-3627 77a3d225-4c0a-3510-b0e9-230d9f4abeba Miss Clara and the Celebrity Beast in Art 1500-1860 M.2-1957 1 accession number M.2-1957 140587 priref 140587 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140587 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140587 on dial enamelled in black JULIEN JOLIE A PARIS inscription on base S.Germain signature reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Lady Mildred Fitzgerald reference agent-156663 adlib-agent-156663 2a1ae09c-5efc-3a09-b2c8-c2b48ad55831 Fitzgerald, Mildred, Lady 1957 1957 1957 given Entry date: 1957-05-30 1750 1750 1750 circa 1750 1760 George III 1 1760 1760 1760 clockmaker reference agent-183651 adlib-agent-183651 7769347c-280c-36a7-b0f2-dc1220c821f0 Jolie, Julien case maker reference agent-183666 adlib-agent-183666 6c202d01-9d75-3d66-ac46-cca9e2c89efa Saint-Germain, Jean-Joseph de Jean-Joseph de Saint-Germain reference term-120902 adlib-term-120902 7ad5748a-4503-39c2-9b0e-6460b2494524 18th Century, third quarter reference term-129470 adlib-term-129470 8353db27-fba9-33c1-94a1-f268fd2a2d21 literal France France country Paris Height cm 63 Height in 24 7/8 reference media-115385 adlib-media-115385 a3e22b85-3903-3fc9-b64d-b208a77dbe5d jpeg aa/aa20/M_2_1957.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 578 1742589618070 1 image jpeg aa/aa20/mid_M_2_1957.jpg 1 height pixels 657 width pixels 500 1742589618070 1 image jpeg aa/aa20/M_2_1957.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 578 1742589618070 1 image jpeg aa/aa20/preview_M_2_1957.jpg 1 height pixels 329 width pixels 250 1742589618070 1 image 0 media image reference media-883908548 portfolio portfolio-media-883908548 0a699f79-7116-3a57-b106-00d373888605 jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/504/799/large_M_2_1957_200704_fitzphoto_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 1346 width pixels 1024 1529370100000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/504/799/mid_M_2_1957_200704_fitzphoto_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 657 width pixels 500 1529370100000 1 image M.2-1957_200704_fitzphoto_mas.jpg 1529370100000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/504/799/preview_M_2_1957_200704_fitzphoto_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 329 width pixels 250 1529370100000 1 image pyramid tiff portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/504/799/M_2_1957_200704_fitzphoto_mas.ptif 1 height pixels 3543 width pixels 2696 1529370100000 1 image 1 media image reference term-88735 adlib-term-88735 79dbb933-29b9-3641-b041-a903ecf92887 table clock mantel clock history note unknown before donor reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Ref. This article includes information about the visit of a rhi¬noceros to Paris in 1748-9, and again in 1770, caus¬ing a craze for rhinos in the arts. It also illustrates rhino clocks. 3-20 reference publication-200002346 adlib-publication-200002346 2ab9b7b7-ea33-39e6-9d84-7da794abd2d9 The Rhinoceros in European Ceramics Cf. p. 13, lot 109 13 reference publication-6582 adlib-publication-6582 4705146e-fb33-3a43-baed-62c6ca59a45d Old French & English Furniture Objects of Art and Porcelain Cf. p. 571 for brief bibliogra¬phy which cites this clock 571 reference publication-2337 adlib-publication-2337 d5559fdd-7a12-3919-902c-4de37f82adc1 The Wrightsman Collection III: Furniture, Snuffboxes, Silver Cf. p. 97-8, no. 98, for a clock by Viger, with mounts by J.-J. de Saint-Germain, and mention of the Fitzwilliam Museum's clock 97-99 reference publication-6580 adlib-publication-6580 1885fb8c-2da1-35e0-9904-8886a25d8da1 Cinq années d'enrichissement du Patrimonine national 1975-1980 Cf. no. 36, a rhino facing to the left with clock by Beliard and case stamped by St. Germain, London. The clock stands on a music box veneered in green-stained horn 88-9 reference publication-6587 adlib-publication-6587 4337a03c-fa1d-3f69-88b2-99d733fcd36b Recent Acquisitions 1997 Cf. p. 25, lot 30, ill. p.24 24-5 reference publication-6584 adlib-publication-6584 07f6cd47-98dd-3df7-a5e0-1292c0513d07 Fine Furniture, Clocks and Tapestries reference publication-6585 adlib-publication-6585 313dff56-171c-3316-97fb-97324ddba60d The Jaime Ortiz-Patino Collection of French Furniture and Decorations, Cf. pp.80-81, lot 73, marked `S. GERMAIN 80-81 reference publication-6583 adlib-publication-6583 b8bf2459-26dd-301c-9bb8-86bfee7bb139 Succession d'un Amateur Mobilier et Objets d'Art reference publication-6586 adlib-publication-6586 8374a7e5-2579-395e-a0c8-24d4ee2c1a11 Bel Ameublement, collection de M. et Mme Delplace, Ancienne collec¬tion René Weiller et divers amateurs reference term-9010 adlib-term-9010 ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6 Rococo

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