Clock key
Category
Horology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Wood
Measurements
317 mm (Height); 140 mm (Diameter)
Order this imageCollection
Goddards, North Yorkshire
NT 221362.2
Summary
A brass winding key (b) mounted on a circular disc, inscribed with '4' and 'MADE IN ENGLAND' for a wooden mantel clock (a). The round clock face is caught within four columns, which support a circular pavilion with a brass acorn finial. The brass pendulum hangs beneath the clock face, within the columns.The white enamelled face is painted with swags of flowers in pink, green and grey. The brass pendulum has an applied border of ivy leaves.
Marks and inscriptions
4/MADE IN/ENGLAND (inscribed on key disc)