Mantel clock, aluminium case, copper dial and hands with gilt letters reading TEMPUS FUGIT, London, made by W.H. Tingey, ca.1903
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1903
The design of this clock case has an architectural form, reminiscent of a clock tower as the one on the stable entrance at the house for Julian Sturgis near Puttneham, Surrey, designed by Voysey, 1896-7.
The circular dial of copper, the numerals substituted with the letters TEMPUS FUGIT + (Time Flies), originally gilded, the hands of copper, the minute hand terminates with a pierced, heart shaped motif, the minutes marked by a row of raised dots around the circumference. The pendulum movement has a rectangular back plate of brass inscribed with the legend; CAMERER KUSS & C O / 56 NEW OXFORD STREET / LONDON. Charles Francis Annesley Voysey (1857-1941) was a major architect, designer and typographer of the British Arts & Crafts movement.
There is a reference in Voysey's address book under Tingey: 'Founder for casting of / clock W.C. Barker / Stood Kent.' which suggests that the aluminium clock cases were probably cast by Barker's foundry.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Height 19.5 in; Width 10.5 in; Depth 7 in
- Materials and techniques
- Aluminium, copper, partially gilded, iron strap work, the movement of brass and steel.
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- London
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O347106
- Museum object number
- CIRC.519:1, 2-1962
- 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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