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Empire Clock
- Maker: Henri Voison, French, active early 19th century
- Medium: Gilded bronze, marble, enamel
- Place Made: France
- Dates: ca. 1800
- Dimensions: 33 1/2 x 26 x 9 1/4 in. (8.5 x 66.0 x 23.2 cm)
- Inscriptions: Inscribed on clock face: "Henry Voisin A - Paris"
- Collections: Decorative Arts
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, American Landscape/Colony to Nation, 5th Floor - Accession Number: 39.438a
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Frederick A. Yenni
- Image: Overall, 39.438a_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
- Catalogue Description: Clock, Empire style. Case is gilt bronze, square construction with applied decoration of stars, wreaths and ribbons, surrounding a white enamel face with without glass covering. The face is inscribed. The clock case rests on a slab of marble and has to its proper right a mythological figure with one arm on top of the clock and holding a harp. To the proper left is a flame torchiere resting on a tricorn base decorated by three rams heads. A gold laurel wreath is leaning against the base of the torchiere. Condition: Good.
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