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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.950
People
Peter Merigeot
Title
Longcase Clock
Classification
Timepieces
Work Type
clock
Date
c. 1750
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/311271

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Case made of mahogany, pine and other woods; painted floral decoration
Dimensions
265 x 55 x 27 cm (104 5/16 x 21 5/8 x 10 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on dial: Peter Merigeot/London (script)
  • label: inside case, paper: Peter Merigeot/at work in/1766
  • label: on back board inside bonnet, paper: Clock 10
  • inscription: on wooded seat beneath the movement: "cleaned, oiled & regild 1970" (Charles Ditmas?)
  • inscription: on wooded seat beneath the movement: "cleaned, oiled & regulated 1960" (Chalres Ditmas?)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.950
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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