Silver watch in the shape of a Tudor rose by William Clay
- Made:
- 1640
This image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Licence
Buy this image as a print
BuyLicense this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Licence
Buy this image as a print
BuyLicense this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Licence
Buy this image as a print
BuyLicense this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
License
Science Museum Group / The Clockmakers' Museum
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museumum
Science Museum Group / The Clockmakers' Museum
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museumum
Science Museum Group / The Clockmakers' Museum
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museumum
Watch in a silver-gilt case, cast into the pattern of a Tudor rose, by William Clay, England c.1640. Silver-gilt dial with an engraved floral centre. Movement with verge escapement and a train of three wheels and worm-and-wheel set up. The balance spring has one turn in its coil and is likely to have been added very early, necessitating the raising of the balance cock. Signed ‘William Clay London’.
Clay took apprentices through the Clockmakers’ Company but was never formally made a Freeman of the Company. Clockmakers' Museum No. 25
Details
- Category:
- Clockmakers
- Collection:
- The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
- Object Number:
- L2015-3102
- Materials:
- silver gilt, brass (copper, zinc alloy), steel (metal) and gut
- Measurements:
-
overall: 41 mm x 32.5 mm x 17 mm,
- type:
- watch and verge movement
- credit:
- Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
Related Objects
Watch with enamel portrait believed to be of Anne Marie Louise d’Orléans, Duchesse de Montpensier (1627-1693)
Watch in a painted enamel case by Paul Roumieu
Longcase clock by James and John Harrison
Longcase clock movement by John and James Harrison
