Turret clock
W. Jones (fl.1803)
Category
Horology
Date
1803
Materials
Brass, Iron
Place of origin
Abingdon
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1333376.1
Summary
Turret clock with three bells, in iron frame, signed 'W. Jones, Abingdon, 1803', dead beat anchor escapement 1 1/4 seconds pendulum, iron frame, brass wheels, going-weight shows time on a scale painted on the wall with riddles about time adapted by Charles Wade from Nicholas Breton, c.1600. Sun fire insurance mark on pendulum. In notebook no.4, page 65 (1340945.4) Charles Wade refers to: 'Top Gallant 1 Turret Clock from Great Milton Church Oxfordshire, 2’10 ¾” high x 2’11”, heavy wrought iron frame secured together with iron wedges ['cottars' inserted above 'wedges']. Corner posts 1¼” sq. with round finials Brass wheels. Strike movement, old pendulum & weights. W JONES ABINGDON 1803'. Written in margin: 'Has deadbeat escapement'. ' Three Old Bells 1’3” 1’1” & 11” diam.The weight has a pointer to time scale painted on the wall'. Arrow points to previous page, then 'with lines from NICHOLAS BRETON, 1615' These lines are: '9 Time Attendeth/10 None yet is ser/11 vant to all/12 Swifter than/the wind yet/1 Still as a stone/2 The true man's/3 peace & thief's/4 perdition/5 The lawyers/gain the mer/6 chants hope/7He openeth the/eye of day and/8 Spreadeth the/cloak of night/9 Agent of the/10 living register/12 of the dead'.
Makers and roles
W. Jones (fl.1803), creator
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 4 First and Second Floor, 1944, page 86