Miniature clock in the form of an elephant supporting a watch case ca. 1750, watch dial a later 18th century replacement possibly German, Dresden Hardstoneswhich were found in abundant supply and variety in the mines of Saxony and Silesiaare the focal element in much German goldsmiths' work and galanterien of the eighteenth century. The carving of stones into naturalistic and zoomorphic forms has been traditionally associated with Dresden, where the court jeweler Johann Melchior Dinglinger (1664-1731) produced ornamental figures of great skill and inventiveness composed of jewels, hardstones, and gold; such pieces are invariably unmarked, however, and their origin cannot be considered certain. In addition to this piece only one other comparable model is known, an agate bull supporting a watch, also in the Museum's collection (48.185.1), evidently from the same workshop. The bull clock is about fifteen years earlier in date and somewhat less finished in several details of carving and

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Miniature clock in the form of an elephant supporting a watch case ca. 1750, watch dial a later 18th century replacement possibly German, Dresden Hardstoneswhich were found in abundant supply and variety in the mines of Saxony and Silesiaare the focal element in much German goldsmiths' work and galanterien of the eighteenth century. The carving of stones into naturalistic and zoomorphic forms has been traditionally associated with Dresden, where the court jeweler Johann Melchior Dinglinger (1664-1731) produced ornamental figures of great skill and inventiveness composed of jewels, hardstones, and gold; such pieces are invariably unmarked, however, and their origin cannot be considered certain. In addition to this piece only one other comparable model is known, an agate bull supporting a watch, also in the Museum's collection (48.185.1), evidently from the same workshop. The bull clock is about fifteen years earlier in date and somewhat less finished in several details of carving and

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