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Eight-day Clocks

Artist Nathaniel Edwards Jr. 1770
DateLate 1700s
Terms
  • Eight-day Clocks
  • Enamel
  • Iron
  • Acton
Dimensions233.5 cm (91 15/16 in.)
MarkingsInscribed on dial: "Nathaniel Edwards, Acton."
Credit LineGift of Cummings E. Davis (1886)
Object numberF704
DescriptionTall clock. Case (NS, E). Enamelled iron face, with sprigged decoration, probably made by Osborne and Wilson, Birminham, Engl. (see F711). The spandrels are painted with flowers and leaves; there is a rocking ship mechanism above. The face and hood are in the rectangular form with straight top broken by a half-circle, usual after ca. 1710. The face is flanked on either side by plain turned columns set in brass. The top is surmounted by a fretted cresting and brass ball finials. In a door is a diamond-shaped glass through which the pendulum may be seen. Stands on ogee bracket feet.
Collections
  • Timepieces and Scientific Instruments
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