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LicenseLongcase clock commemorating the Peterloo Massacre of 1819
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Longcase clock commemorating the Peterloo Massacre of 1819
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Longcase clock commemorating the Peterloo Massacre of 1819, made by W. Stancliffe, Barkisland.
This longcase clock commemorates the Peterloo Massacre of 1819. The scene in the arch is based on an engraving of the event which was published in the Manchester Observer on 23 October 1819. The corners of the face contain portraits of four famous radical activists; Major John Cartwright, William Cobbett, Thomas Wooler and Henry Hunt. The clock was made by W. Stancliffe of Barkisland, near Halifax. The Stancliffe family were clockmakers there from the mid-1700s.
Clock mechanism, with wire and pendulum.
Longcase clock commemorating the Peterloo Massacre of 1819, made by W. Stancliffe, Barkisland.
clock case; wooden with some relief carving. Top of case has glass panel.
Longcase clock commemorating the Peterloo Massacre of 1819, made by W. Stancliffe, Barkisland.
Iron weight from the Peterloo Massacre commemorative clock, made W. Stancliffe, Barkisland.
steel suppoort for the weight component from the Peterloo Massacre commemorative clock, made W. Stancliffe, Barkisland.
