Obelisk clock with a Franklin movement

David Roentgen|Peter Kinzing

Maker

David Roentgen|Peter Kinzing

Date

ca. 1785–90

Medium

Oak, thuya burl wood, gilded bronze, silver, and steel

Dimensions

Overall: 75 × 21 1/8 × 7 5/8 in. (190.5 × 53.7 × 19.3 cm)

Form

Clock

Culture

German, Neuwied am Rhein

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

2015.504a–d

Credit line

Purchase, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Acquisitions Fund, in honor of Wolfram Koeppe, 2015