Clock, Wheeler, Thomas, 1670
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1670
A brass lantern clock, the case with florally engraved dial centre, the pierced front decorated with dolphins and signed 'Thomas Wheeler Londini fecit'. Wheeler was a well-known maker of Lantern clocks with premises in the City of London near the French Church in Threadneedle Street. He was established in the 1650s. This example dates from circa 1670
A brass lantern clock, the case with florally engraved dial centre and alarm disc, the pierced front fret decorated with dolphins signed 'Thomas Wheeler Londini fecit'. On four ball feet with a baluster finial.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Dimensions
- Height: 11 3/4 in
- Materials and techniques
- Brass, cast, engraved and raised
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- London
Design
- Marks and inscriptions
- Thomas Wheeler Londini fecit
Identification
- Candidate id
- vam-O375764
- Museum object number
- M.2:1-1936
- 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.
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