Tavern clock
Category
Horology
Date
1780 - 1790
Materials
Pine, oak, brass, steel, paint and glass.
Measurements
1450 x 800 x 200 mm
Place of origin
Braintree
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1333365
Caption
To raise money for the Napoleonic Wars, parliament brought in a tax on clocks which saw many people selling theirs and relying on the clocks in inns and taverns for the time.
Summary
Eight day, English tavern clock in black painted case. Single train, four pillar movement with anchor escapement. Ebonised oak and pine case with breach arch shield dial with Roman numeral and Arabic five minutes. Small break arch trunk door below. Lacquered copper hands. Painted label on inside door reading 'wind to left'. Drop door at the bottom. c.1785, from Braintree, Essex
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
wind to left