An eight-day longcase clock in an oak case veneered in walnut, with scrolling marquetry designs in rosewood, sycamore, pear and walnut, the brass dial signed by William Halstead, London.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca.1720
Break arch dial, the arch a separate entity from the 14 inch square dial, joined by two strips at back, fixed by rivets. A small margin of plain, polished brass between the wheatear border and dial plate edge is visible along top edge of square part of dial but absent from bottom of break arch.
8 day brass and steel weight driven, three train movement. The tall case is surmounted by a hood with an arched top to the door, with, above, a stepped, domed cresting, topped with three brass ball-and-shaft finials. The seaweed marquetry on the case of this clock is extremely elaborate; even the gaps between the three oval panels on the clock door are decorated with more marquetry.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Height 291.5 cm; Width 58 cm; Depth 31 cm; Weight 8.5 kg W.24:4-1938 weight 10/10/2025 NH; Weight 7.15 kg W.24:3 weight 10/10/2025 NH; Weight 6.3 kg W.24:2 weight 10/10/2025 NH
- Materials and techniques
- Oak, veneered with walnut, inlaid with rosewood, sycamore, pear and walnut
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- London
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O299334
- Museum object number
- W.24:1 to 8-1938
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked single-object source. Wider type attribution and authenticity have not been independently verified.
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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