long-case clock;
month-going clock;
regulator;
weight-driven clock
- Museum number
- 1958,1006.2167
- Description
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WEIGHT-DRIVEN DEAD-BEAT LONG-CASE TIMEPIECE WITH THIRTY-FIVE DAY DURATION.
Long-case timepiece; weight-driven; 35-day duration; dead-beat escapement; three-wheel train, each wheel cut with unusually high number of teeth; epicyclic maintaining power; movement fitted with temperature-compensated pendulum of maker's own invention (composed of two bars of iron and one of zinc, compensation achieved by unequal expansion of the rods).
TRAIN-COUNT.
Great wheel 240 carries hour hand
2nd wheel 300/10 carries minute hand
Escape wheel 60/10 carries seconds hand
- Production date
- 1805-1815
- Dimensions
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Height: 6 feet
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
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Latest: 2 (Aug 2016)
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1 (1994)
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3 (1993)
- 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.
Ilbert'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
- 1958,1006.2167
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: CAI.2167 (Ilbert Collection)
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: Q348 (Ilbert Ledger)
