大象形状的微型时钟，支撑着表壳 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	大象形状的微型时钟，支撑着表壳
品名（英）	Miniature clock in the form of an elephant supporting a watch case
入馆年号	1982年，1982.60.140
策展部门	欧洲雕塑和装饰艺术（European Sculpture and Decorative Arts）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1745 - 公元 1755
创作地区
分类	钟表业（Horology）
尺寸	高 7-5/16 英寸 (18.6 厘米)
介绍（中）	在萨克森州和西里西亚的矿山中发现了供应丰富、种类繁多的硬质石，这些硬质石是18世纪许多德国金匠作品和galanterien的焦点元素。传统上，将石头雕刻成自然和动物形态与德累斯顿有关，宫廷珠宝商Johann Melchior Dinglinger（1664-1731）在德累斯顿制作了由珠宝、硬石和黄金组成的极具技巧和创造性的装饰人物；然而，这些作品总是没有标记，它们的起源也不能被认为是确定的。除了这件作品外，目前只知道另一个类似的模型，一只支撑手表的玛瑙公牛，也在博物馆的藏品中（48.185.1），显然来自同一个工作室。这只公牛钟的年代早了大约十五年，在雕刻和金饰的几个细节上完成得有些少，但除了基本设计外，它还与这件作品共享，比如撒满树叶的底座和铰链式隔间尽管这只手表是为这只手表制作的，但它看起来并不是原装的；表盘上不寻常的数字位置和粉彩珐琅表明日期约为1770年。
介绍（英）	Hardstones—which were found in abundant supply and variety in the mines of Saxony and Silesia—are 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 goldsmithing, but it shares with this piece, in addition to the basic design, such devices as the leaf-strewn base and hinged compartment. Although made for this piece, the watch does not appear to be original to it; the unusual placement of the numbers on the dial and the pastel enameling indicate a date of about 1770.