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Lantern clock by Peter Closon c.1655
The Clockmakers' Museum/Clarissa Bruce
© The Clockmakers’ Charity
Lantern clock by Peter Closon c.1655
The Clockmakers' Museum/Clarissa Bruce
© The Clockmakers’ Charity
Small weight-driven 30 hour lantern or 'house' clock with alarmwork by Peter Closon.
The clock originally had a verge and balance-wheel escapement but was converted at some point to anchor and long pendulum. It would have had a twelve-hour duration.
The dial is engraved with tulips with a steel hand, and is signed 'Peter Closon Neere Holburn Londini fecit'. c.1655
Peter Closon was a prolific maker of such clocks, and ran a large workshop at Holborn Bridge. He was an original subscriber to the Clockmakers’ Company, and became an Assistant and a Warden, but probably died (c.1660) before he could serve as Master.
Clockmakers' Museum No. 574
Details
- Category:
- Clockmakers
- Collection:
- The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
- Object Number:
- L2015-3458
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy), silvered brass, steel (metal) and lead (metal)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 406 mm x 160 mm x 160 mm,
- type:
- lantern clock
- credit:
- Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
