eight-day clock;
night clock;
clock-case;
lamp
- Museum number
- 1958,1006.2047
- Description
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Eight-day night clock with verge movement and original lamp; dial painted with hunting scene with two stags and a hound; rotating arched aperture above to indicate hours in relief and painted with cupids on cloud scrolls; engraved with columns, fruit and foliage; ebonised architectural case with spirally turned columns to sides, domed hood and spherical finials.
- Production date
- 1665-1675
- Dimensions
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Height: 21.50 inches
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- On display (G2/wp38)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2014 Oct 14 - London, BM, G2, 'Collecting the World'
- 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
- 1958,1006.2047
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: CAI.2047 (Ilbert Collection)
