Wall clock
Category
Horology
Date
1900 - 2000
Materials
Wood, paint and brass.
Order this imageCollection
Blewcoat School, London
NT 1650008
Summary
A wall mounted clock with a circular dial painted in gilt paint on a black ground. With Roman numerals and a seconds ring, around a painted date "1709". With two carved and gilded wooden hands. The whole clock within a rectangular cream painted wooden frame with a stepped, moulded border. The mechanical clock-work has been replaced with a mains synchrone motor driving the motion-work. ( Previous mechanical clock-work stored in situ complete with weight and pendulum )