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It shows a bull clock on a table-shaped stand. The bull resembles the one on the Buffalo clock made about 1770 in Cox's workshop although the rock-shaped base is different. The clock is the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing.  This drawing has been tentatively attributed to Charles Magniac, a craftsman trained as a chaser.\r\n\r\nThe purpose of the drawing is likely to be a presentation drawing for the client. It combines characteristics of designs for objects intended for production, with features also found in craftsmen's and retailers' record drawings.\r\n\r\nFortunately, this drawing proved to be most useful in locating the table-shaped stand, and supporting sea-horses and sea-bulls for the Buffalo clock at the Palace Museum. Clock and stand were reunited and displayed together in the exhibition 'Treasures from the Forbidden City' at the Museum Speelklok in Utrecht in 2010.","physicalDescription":"Design for a clock resting on the back of a bull standing on a plinth which is pierced to reveal a view of a palace with a walled pool populated by swans. This is supported by carved gilt hippocamps and rests ona gilt table encrusted with rococo shellwork and standing on pierced tapering legs.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Magniac, Charles","id":"A27695"},"association":{"text":"designer","id":"x36960"},"note":"tentatively attributed to"},{"name":{"text":"Cox, James","id":"A14970"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28674"},"note":"workshop of"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Pencil, bodycolour and gold paint","categories":[{"text":"Designs","id":"THES48968"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2018LC2453","2006AT3670"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLH","id":"THES49654"},"free":"","case":"93","shelf":"E","box":"126"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"drawing","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"No","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"circa 1770","earliest":"1765-01-01","latest":"1774-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Length","value":"445","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"280","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Length","value":"454","unit":"mm","qualifier":"Closed album","date":{"text":"03/06/2019","earliest":"2019-06-03","latest":"2019-06-03"},"part":"","note":"Measured in Book Conservation measuring box"},{"dimension":"Width","value":"321","unit":"mm","qualifier":"closed album","date":{"text":"03/06/2019","earliest":"2019-06-03","latest":"2019-06-03"},"part":"","note":"Measured in Book Conservation measuring box"},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"20","unit":"mm","qualifier":"closed album","date":{"text":"03/06/2019","earliest":"2019-06-03","latest":"2019-06-03"},"part":"","note":"Measured in Book Conservation measuring box"}],"dimensionsNote":"Open measurements of book approximately: W:600 x D:454 x H:180mm","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Provenance for E.3980 to 4000-1906: Bought from E Parsons, 16 March 1883.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Design for a clock, possibly by Charles Magniac, circa 1770.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"See, H. 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The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 138, no. 1119 (June 1996), pp. 402-404."},{"reference":{"text":"van Wely, Bob, et al. <i>Singsong : schatten uit de Verboden Stad [Treasures from the forbidden city]</i> Utrecht : Museum Speelklok, 2010","id":"AUTH354945"},"details":"no. 7a","free":""}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"clocks","id":"AAT41575"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["E.3985-1906"],"accessionNumberNum":"3985","accessionNumberPrefix":"E","accessionYear":1906,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-10-08","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-30","availableToBook":false}}