Brass lantern clock with late 19th century twin fusee movement
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
19th century
This brass lantern clock is an interesting historical assembly, featuring a 19th-century construction that incorporates elements styled after 17th-century designs.
Standing approximately 40 centimeters tall, the clock is supported by four turned pillars and ball feet. The case is surmounted by a turned finial, a bell stand, and a bell, complemented by four corner finials. The clock features a 6.5-inch brass dial marked with a Roman numeral chapter ring, star half-hour markers, and a date of 1675. The dial centre displays an alarm-setting dial with a Tudor rose motif and Arabic numerals, framed by floral engraving.
The upper dial bears a cartouche engraved with the initials RVM. The clock operates via a double chain-driven fusee movement with an anchor escapement that strikes the hours on the central bell. While the movement is consistent with late 19th-century mechanisms, the listing notes that the case plates, frets, side doors, and backplate are modern replacements, with the hands and top finial also identified as later additions.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Height
- 40 cm
- Material
- brass
- Dial size
- 6.5 inches
Technical characteristics
- Features
- striking, pendulum, alarm dial
- Movement
- double chain-driven fusee
- Escapement
- anchor
Design
- Dial
- Roman numerals, star half-hour markers, floral engraving
- Inscription
- John Martin Fecit De Ambrosbury; RVM
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
- Maker named in listing
- John Martin
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.