Parade Clock
Attributed to
Johann Heinrich Köhler
(German, 1669–1736)
Dateca. 1700–10
MediumCase: gilt bronze, cameos, emeralds, diamonds, rubies, heliotrope, and marble
Dimensions9 1/2 × 6 3/16 × 3 3/4 in. (24.1 × 15.7 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alexis Gregory, 2021
Accession number2021.6.01
CommentaryThis clock is decorated with twenty-six cameos and several gemstones. The outer edge of the dial is encrusted with diamonds and rubies. The cameos depict classical female and male figures and several heads of putti. A bust placed on a gilt-brass socle serves as the finial for the giltbronze case, which is also engraved with several motifs: a putto, portrait medallions, rinceaux, acanthus leaves, and architectural elements. The ornamental details with gemstones and cameos are similar to those of the Triumphal Arch with Two Obelisks (now in the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden) made by Köhler before 1705.
Mayer Carl von Rothschild (1820–1886), Frankfurt, by descent to his line; Galerie Neuse, Bremen; purchased by Alexis Gregory, 2000; Gift to The Frick Collection, 2021
possibly 17th century or 19th century
French, Last Quarter of the Eighteenth Century
ca. 1790
