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Science Museum Group / The Clockmakers' Museum
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Spring driven, striking table clock with quarter chiming by William Speakman, London, c.1695. Ebonised case with gilt brass basket-top. Square brass dial with matted centre, applied silvered chapter-ring surrounded by cherub spandrels, mock pendulum and date aperture. Signed 'W Speakman, London' at base of chapter ring. Blued steel hands. Fusee movement of 8 day duration, verge escapement with short pendulum. Rack striking, formerly with a pull-repeat on six bells, now converted to quarter-chiming.
Speakman became a free Clockmaker in 1661, Master in 1701. Clockmakers' Museum No. 1073
Details
- Category:
- Clockmakers
- Collection:
- The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
- Object Number:
- L2015-3978
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy), steel (metal), wood (unidentified), glass, gold plated (gilded) and silvered
- Measurements:
-
movement: 240 mm x 175 mm x 120 mm,
- type:
- spring clock, table clock and verge escapement
- credit:
- Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
