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Cabinet Clock with Musical Movement
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Agate panels framed by elaborate rococo cage-work form the body of this miniature cabinet, which contains a complex musical mechanism and supports a clock. Although the cabinet is unsigned, it is undoubtedly the work of the noted London goldsmith and entrepreneur James Cox, many of whose creations were destined for Eastern markets. The clock was made by James Hagger, probably at an earlier date. This particular example is said to have belonged to the dowager empress of Russia, Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928). Fabergé produced a copy of this clock in silver and nephrite, now in the collection of the Hillwood Museum and Gardens, Washington D.C.
The velvet-lined leather box for this clock, which the Walters also owns, shows that it was likely originally crowned by a jeweled finial that was later replaced with the small flame that now tops the piece.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2015-2016 | Pearls on a String: Artists, Patrons, and Poets at the Great Islamic Courts. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Asian Art Museum, San Francisco. |
| 1986-1987 | Carl Fabergé in Context. Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munchen. |
| 1984 | Objects of Vertu: Precious Works of the Eighteenth Century. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
| 1959 | Age of Elegance: The Rococo and its Effects. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| Examination | Examined in preparation for up-coming exhibition/re-installation. | |
| Examination | Examined | |
| 3/17/1959 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 7/24/1986 | Loan Consideration | examined for loan |
| 9/15/1986 | Treatment | cleaned; loss compensation; repaired |
| 4/6/1988 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 5/13/1994 | Loan Consideration | examined for loan |
| 7/22/2004 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 10/5/2007 | Loan Consideration | examined for loan |
| 7/15/2015 | Treatment | Cleaned, repaired |
| 7/15/2015 | Treatment | Cleaned and repaired in preparation for exhibition. |
| 3/8/2016 | Examination | Examined. |
Geographies
United Kingdom, England (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
58.238