Clock

J. and J. G. Low Art Tile Works

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Low Art Tile Works, one of the most successful tile manufacturers of the late nineteenth century, supplied decorative tiles used in fireplace surrounds, bathrooms, stoves, and soda fountains, as well as in smaller objects such as inkstands, candlesticks, trivets, and mantel clocks. This clock model, titled Albatross, features an asymmetrical leaf-and-insect design in the Japanesque manner and was offered in different glazes, including olive green, deep blue, and mustard yellow.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The American Wing's ever-evolving collection comprises some 20,000 works of art by African American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American men and women. Ranging from the colonial to early-modern periods, the holdings include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, quill and bead embroidery—as well as historical interiors and architectural fragments.

Metropolitan Museum of Art