Clock
Benjamin Lautier (1777 - 1846)
Category
Horology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Place of origin
Bath
Order this imageCollection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 455322
Summary
The Stables Courtyard clock. Mechanism by B Lautier, Bath is a short pendulum, brass plated, “domestic” clock. possibly spring wound on a single train. Face of clock might be older than mechanism, unusually it is single handed? It is possible the mechanism was installed the same time as the Great Hall clock (453241) c.1850.
Provenance
Architectural Exteriors, Interiors, Features & Decoration forming part of the transfer of Dyrham Park to The National Trust by the National Land Fund in 1958 (house and garden) and 1961 (estate).
Makers and roles
Benjamin Lautier (1777 - 1846), horologist