Clock and carillon, made by Mayne Swete, Trayne, Modbury, Devon, in about 1725
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1725
Clock in square case of walnut with arched top, decorated with acanthus moulding and fretwork frieze and side panels, surmounted by four scrolls which meet to support a gilt pineapple.
Inside the upper half are the works and twenty eight bells tuned in semitones to play three octaves by means of an ivory and ebony keyboard. The dial has a gilt symmetrical design of openwork scrolls in the arch and in the spandrels is similar ornament with masks. Inside the top section of the cabinet is a bell to strike the hours and a carillon with 27 bells tuned in semi-tones, played by means of a small keyboard or by a brass cylinder set with pines in the manner of a musical box.
The musical clock was made by Mayne Swete as a gift for his brother, Adrian Swete of Trayne, Modbury, South Devon, who became High Sheriff of the county in 1724 and died in 1733.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Height 295 cm; Width 105 cm; Depth 67 cm; Weight 23.4 kg W.64:11 weight 10/10/2025 NH; Weight 50 approx kg W.64:12 weight 10/10/2025 NH; Weight 40 approx kg W.64:13 weight 10/10/2025 NH
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- Devon
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O167464
- Museum object number
- W.64-1925
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
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