spring-driven clock;
eight-day clock;
timepiece
- Museum number
- 2012,8028.116
- Description
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Eight-day timepiece in mahogany bell-top case.
Flat dial, silvered with painted numerals.
Going barrel 8 day rectangular movement with platform escapement.
- Production date
- c1920
- Dimensions
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Height: 275 millimetres
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Width: 175 millimetres
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Depth: 125 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
- Williamson platform escapement. Movement same type as on 2012,8028.133
The case and dial were restored by John Glanville (previous owner) who resilivered the dial, and used transfer paper to copy design from a similar clock, and then lacquered the dial. Note. 'goldsmiths and silversmiths regent st london' is copied from this similar clock and was not the retailer of this example.
For further details see 'Clockmaking in England and Wales in the Twentieth Century: The Industrialized Manufacture of Domestic Mechanical Clocks' by John Glanville & William M Wolmuth. Pub. The Crowood Press Ltd. 2015 p82-84
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Latest: 3 (Sep 2016)
- Acquisition date
- 2012
- 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
- 2012,8028.116
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 206 (Glanville & Wolmuth Collection)