Traveling clock with alarm and calendar
Joseph Paulet
ca. 1700–1710 · Case and dial: silver, partially gilded; brass, partially gilded; steel · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
In the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century small clocks adapted for traveling were comparatively rare. This example, in an exquisite case of engraved and repoussé silver, with a champlevé silver dial, belongs to a group of five or six examples, all signed "Paulet London." The universal ball joint at the top allows the clock to swing from its suspension ring, cushioning the jolts of motion.
- Artist
- Joseph Paulet
- Date
- ca. 1700–1710
- Medium
- Case and dial: silver, partially gilded; brass, partially gilded; steel
- Culture
- British, London
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
