striking clock; eight-day clock; lantern clock (repro)

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striking clock; eight-day clock; lantern clock(repro)

Object Type: striking clock; eight-day clock; lantern clock (repro)
Museum number: 2012,8028.138
Escapement: lever
Description: Lantern clock with passing strike Going barrel 8 day movement with platform escapement.
Producer name
Production date: c1929
Production place: Factory in: British Isles
Dimensions: Height: 266 millimetres (?); Width: 106 millimetres; Depth: 115 millimetres
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Curator's comments: Some of astral and empire clocks have an letter before their number - A stands for Astral, E for Empire. The Empire clocks often had better quality dials than the Astrals, but the movements were machine made without the handfinishing seen on Astral movements. 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: 5 (Sep 2016) corrosion on case
Acquisition name: Donated by: John Glanville; Donated by: Bill Wolmuth
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: 2012,8028.138
Additional IDs: Previous owner/ex-collection number: 50 (Glanville & Wolmuth Collection)