long-case clock
- Museum number
- 2008,8043.3
- Description
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Chiming longcase hall clock in an art-deco style oak case.
Square silvered dial and an astragal glazed door showing the chrome pendulum bob, chain and weights.
Three-train movement, weight-driven, pendulum regulated (wooden pendulum rod with chromed bob), 8 gongs.
- Production date
- c1930 - c1940
- Dimensions
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Height: 1910 millimetres
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Width: 490 millimetres
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Depth: 325 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- See 'Clockmaking in England and Wales in the Twentieth Century : the industrialized manufacture of domestic mechanical clocks' by John Glanville and William M. Wolmuth, Crowood Press , 2015 p 209-210, figs 5.50 - 5.57 for more details of this clock
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2008
- Acquisition notes
- This clock is part of the Glanville and Wolmuth Collection, a comprehensive collection of twentieth century domestic mechanical factory-made clocks made in England and Wales.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 2008,8043.3
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 87 (Glanville & Wolmuth Collection)