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LicenseRepeating table clock by George Tyler, London, c.1720
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Repeating table clock by George Tyler, London, c.1720
Science Museum Group / The Clockmakers' Museum
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Repeating table clock by George Tyler, London, c.1720
Science Museum Group / The Clockmakers' Museum
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Spring driven, striking table clock with pull quarter repeat by George Tyler, London, c.1720. Ebonised case with inverted bell top, brass carrying handle on top, glazed apertures with ebony fretwork to sides, and brass feet. 5 inch arched dial with applied silvered chapter ring surrounded by crown and sceptre spandrels, matted centre with aperture for mock pendulum and applied name plaque signed 'Geo Tyler, London'. Applied silvered date ring to centre of arch, with smaller 'strike/silent' and pendulum regulation dials either side. Fusee movement of 8 day duration with verge escapement and short pendulum, hour striking and pull quarter repeating on 6 bells. Engraved backplate with pendulum stop. Clockmakers' Museum No. 699
Details
- Category:
- Clockmakers
- Collection:
- The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
- Object Number:
- L2015-3573
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy), steel (metal), silvered, wood (unidentified) and glass
- Measurements:
-
overall: 355 mm x 220 mm x 158 mm,
- type:
- spring clock, table clock and verge escapement
- credit:
- Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
