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Print, Design for a table clock, 1712

This is a Print. It was designed by Daniel Marot. It is dated 1712 and we acquired it in 1958. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Catharine Oglesby. It is credited Gift of Catharine Oglesby.

It is inscribed

[printed, at bottom] Nouveaux Livre des Boites de Pendulles de Coqs et Etuys de montres et autres neceffaire au Orlogeurs [below] Invente par D. Marot Architecte avec Privilege

Cite this object as

Print, Design for a table clock, 1712; Designed by Daniel Marot (French, active in the Netherlands and England, 1661–1752); Netherlands; engraving on paper; Gift of Catharine Oglesby; 1958-120-9

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Huguenot Legacy: English Silver, 1680-1760 from the Alan & Simone Hartman Collection.

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