Mantel clock frame

Designer Bruce J. Talbert British, Scottish

ca. 1870

Not on view

By the nineteenth century, advances in manufacturing meant timekeeping was no longer a luxury but something accessible to the growing middle class. Bruce J. Talbert was a successful commercial designer known for his work in the Gothic Revival style, including furniture, textiles, metalwork, and stained glass. Blending historicized imagery with modern manufacturing, this clock made for middle-class consumption speaks to the Victorian celebration of what was perceived as Britain’s “own” Gothic style.

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Title: Mantel clock frame
Designer: Bruce J. Talbert (British, Dundee, Scotland 1838–1881 London)
Manufacturer: Hart, Son, Peard & Co.
Date: ca. 1870
Culture: British
Medium: Wrought brass, inset with cabochons and quartz
Dimensions: Overall: 15 1/4 × 11 3/4 in. (38.7 × 29.8 cm)
Classifications: Metalwork-Brass, Horology
Credit Line: Purchase, Gift of Irwin Untermyer, by exchange, 2015
Object Number: 2015.427
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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