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- Mantel clock
- Ferdinand Berthoud (1727–1807) , Movement Maker
- Joseph Baumhauer (died 1772), Plinth Maker
Probably Edme Roy (active between: c. 1745), Bronze Founder
Laurent Guiard (1723 - 1788), Case Designer, (probably made model of bronze figure and clock case) - France
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- Date: About 1768
- Medium: Gilt bronze, patinated bronze, glass, ebony, oak, brass, silk and enamel
- Object size: 47.5 x 69.7 x 27.8 cm
- Inv: F267
- Location: Large Drawing Room
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- A model of clock originally known as ‘l’Emploi du Temps’ (the 'employment of time'), it was first made for Madame Geoffrin (1699–1777), a society hostess, famed for holding artistic and literary soirées. According to her will, she kept the clock in her bedroom and admired it so much that she commissioned another version for the art critic and philosopher Denis Diderot. The reading figure symbolises the employment of time but may also reflect a contemporary portrait of Madame Geoffrin. The plinth was made by Baumhauer and the bronze figure and clock case were probably cast by the founder Edme Roy from a model by Laurent Guiard.