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Table or bracket clock, Joseph Windmills, ca. 1700

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Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

ca. 1700

Table or bracket clock made by Joseph Windmills (British, freeman of Clockmakers' Company 1671, master 1702–23), dated ca. 1700, from British, London. The museum records its materials as: Walnut, walnut veneer, gilt bronze. Recorded dimensions: Overall: 15 1/2 × 10 1/4 × 6 3/4 in. (39.4 × 26 × 17.1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 64.101.862; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.

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Physical characteristics

Medium
Walnut, walnut veneer, gilt bronze
Materials
Walnut, walnut veneer, gilt bronze
Dimensions
Overall: 15 1/2 × 10 1/4 × 6 3/4 in. (39.4 × 26 × 17.1 cm)
Dimensions
Overall: 15 1/2 × 10 1/4 × 6 3/4 in. (39.4 × 26 × 17.1 cm)

Identification

Culture
British, London
Date recorded
ca. 1700
Maker recorded
Clockmaker: Joseph Windmills (British, freeman of Clockmakers' Company 1671, master 1702–23)
Museum attribution
Joseph Windmills
Museum object name
Table or bracket clock
Holding institution
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum object number
64.101.862

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

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