Bracket clock, Cleghorn, Samuel, London, 1790

Bracket clock, Cleghorn, Samuel, London, 1790 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated 1790. The museum's brief description reads: Musical bracket clock, ebonised wood with gilt brass mounts, Samuel Cleghorn, London, England, 1790.

Museum description: Ebonised wood with gilt-brass mounts. The case rests on four brass bracket feet of irregular shape. At each corner there is a mount in the form of a female head from which hangs a trail of flowers and foliage. Above each is a brass flaming urn, with a fifth one, supported by a brass fretted decoration, surmounting the moulded oblong dome. This has a flattened swag-like mount on each side. A round-headed panel of fretted brass over crimson silk at each side with a brass loop handle above.

A round-headed pane of glass at back and front. Brass face, silvered chapter ring and brass arabesques in the spandrels. Going and striking winding holes and a date aperture. Within the arched top a small Strike/Silent dial on the left and on the right a similar one marked 'Hornpipe, Lass Patty's Mill, Highland Laddie, March'. The museum record gives material recorded as ebony, brass, glass; measurements Height 62.8 cm; Width 37.1 cm; Depth 22.8 cm; place associated: London; maker recorded: Cleghorn, Samuel.

These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.