lantern clock;
striking clock;
clock-case;
clock-stand
- Museum number
- 1958,1006.1990
- Description
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Lantern clock; double foliot; steel strike movement; fixed lacquer dial; brass case engraved with flower sprays; lacquered wood stand.
- Dimensions
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Height: 320 millimetres (movement and bell (excluding stand))
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Height: 820 millimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2004 23 Sep-5 Dec, London, V&A, Encounters: the meeting of Asia and Europe 1500-1800
2000 24 Mar-26 Jun, London, BM, Japanese Galleries, 'Japan Time'
- Condition
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Latest: 5 (Jun 2015)
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4 (Nov 2016)
- Acquisition date
- 1958
- Acquisition notes
- The Ilbert Collection of clocks, prints and other related material was destined to be sold at Christie's auction house on 6th-7th November 1958. As a result of the generous donation of funds by Gilbert Edgar CBE the sale was cancelled and the material purchased privately from the beneficiaries of the Ilbert Estate.NL1Ilbert's watches were then acquired with further funds from Gilbert Edgar CBE, public donations and government funds. These were then registered in the series 1958,1201.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1958,1006.1990
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: CAI.1990 (Ilbert Collection)
