Obelisk clock with a Franklin movement, ca. 1785–90, German, Neuwied am Rhein, Oak, thuya burl wood, gilded bronze, silver, and steel, Overall: 75 × 21 1/8 × 7 5/8 in. (190.5 × 53.7 × 19.3 cm), Woodwork-Furniture, Clockmaker: Peter Kinzing (German, 1745–1816), The unusual obelisk shape of this case accommodates the swing of the pendulum and reflects the new taste for ancient Egyptian art, or “Egyptomania,” in Europe at the time. The finial at the top of the clock is, fittingly, in the form of the double-faced head of Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and endings
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Obelisk clock, Franklin movement, ca, 1785–90, German, Neuwied am Rhein, Oak, thuya burl wood, gilded bronze, silver, steel, Overall, 75, 21 1/8, 7 5/8, 190.5, 53.7, 19.3 cm, Woodwork-Furniture, Clockmaker: Peter Kinzing, 1745–1816, unusual, obelisk, shape, case accommodates, swing, pendulum, reflects, new taste, ancient Egyptian, art, Egyptomania, Europe, time, finial, top, clock, fittingly, form, double-faced head, Janus, Roman god, beginnings, endings
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