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Spring clock in walnut case by Henry Jones
The Clockmakers' Museum/Clarissa Bruce
© The Clockmakers’ Charity
Spring table clock by Henry Jones, in a walnut veneered oak case. The dial has been gilded and has a silvered chapter ring and a calendar aperture. 8-day fusee movement with verge escapement and short pendulum. Latched plates. Count-wheel striking. Sparsely engraved backplate signed ‘Henry Jones in ye Temple’. London, c.1675.
Jones became Master of the Clockmakers’ Company in 1691 and died in 1695.
Clockmakers' Museum No. 561
Details
- Category:
- Clockmakers
- Collection:
- The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
- Object Number:
- L2015-3446
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy), glass, oak (wood), steel (metal) and walnut (wood)
- type:
- verge movement
- credit:
- Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
