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hour-striking clock; long-case clock; clock-case; equation table

Object Type: hour-striking clock; long-case clock; clock-case; equation table
Museum number: 1958,1006.2159
Description: Long-case clock; three-month hour-strike movement with bolt and shutter maintaining power; arched dial with silvered-metal chapter-ring; ormolu spandrel panels pierced and chased with winged cupids' masks and scrolling flower sprays; arched upper part engraved with crowned effigy of Queen Anne and scrolling foliage; ebonised architectural case with moulded borders to panels; hood with turned and rectangular columns in relief with metal-gilt capitals and bases; surmounted by double arched pediment with moulded borders; inset with metal-gilt plaque repoussé with basket of flowers, festoons and scrolls on brown velvet ground; glass pendulum aperture; interior of door with printed equation table. TRAIN-COUNTS. Going. Gt wheel 168 Intermediate 96/12 Centre 60/8 4th wheel 56/8 Escape wheel 30/7 Striking. Gt wheel 168 2nd wheel 78/12 Pin wheel 70/10 Hoop wheel 56/7 Pin wheel 56/7 Fly 7 Motion work. Canon pinion 48 Minute wheel 48 Minute pinion 8 Hour-wheel 96
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Production date: 1690
Production place: Made in: London (England)
Materials: metal; gold (clock-case)
Technique: ebonised (clock-case); relief (clock-case); gilded (clock-case); inlaid (clock-case); repoussé (clock-case); lathe-turned (clock-case); ormolu; velvet; engraved
Dimensions: Height: 7.66 feet
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Location: Not on display
Condition: Latest: 3 (Sep 2016)
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Acquisition name
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Courtenay Adrian Ilbert; Previous owner/ex-collection: F H Green
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: 1958,1006.2159
Additional IDs: Previous owner/ex-collection number: A56/1 (Ilbert Ledger); Previous owner/ex-collection number: CAI.2159 (Ilbert Collection)
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