Clock
Category
Horology
Date
1925
Materials
Lapis lazuli and bronze clock.
Measurements
890 x 620 x 230 mm
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Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 514769
Summary
Patinated bronze and lapis lazuli mantel clock, renaissance tradition, circular lapis lazuli chapter ring with silver numerals and hands, bronze repousse centre, supported on backs of 3 figures resting on lapis lazuli base with putti masks and scroll feet. Edwardian, commissioned by Lady Fairhaven. Large 8-day English timepiece mantel clock on lapis lazuli and bronze case c.1925. Single train 4 pillar fusee movement with anchor escapement. Dial, integral with casework, with applied silver-plated (or nickel?) roman numerals, around a chased and patinated bronze or brass dial centre. Pierced and decorated silver-plated/nickel hands. Large case of lapis lazuli and patinated bronze with 3 classical figures in bronze crouching on a rectangular lapis base, and supporting the lapis clock case, all standing on a bronze base with feet.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.