1592999712000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-95862 1758132094381 1711380376000 1758132091671 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-95862 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/95862 64c9ca41-4f66-3985-9a1d-7e0e25414d7d 11 reference agent-164425 adlib-agent-164425 d90f08de-01f3-3ac7-9f74-bf6d9d9e584e Mordaunt, Mary, Lady, Duchess of Norfolk reference term-88390 adlib-term-88390 6d62df01-3cb9-330e-9a2d-43e3ae80042f clocks reference term-38526 adlib-term-38526 f0625f70-21b1-3c97-9a0a-8e6d0718cf82 walnut Veneer Applied Arts Oak case with burr walnut veneer, pierced and cast ormolu mounts, including urns and a Roman warrior. Below the dial is an opening showing the days of the week with their deities. Above the chapter ring openings display an annual calendar and the sun's position in the ecliptic, its apparent annual path through the heavens. The movement is of year duration. Dial: Dial plate 12 inches by 16 7/8 inches high, with spandrels and chapter ring within an engraved line 11 1/4 inches square. Silvered chapter ring engraved I-XII twice and 5-60 twice with minute and half minute divisions outside the minute numbers and half hour divisions on the inner edge. The chapter ring engraved near the top with ‘EQUAL TIME' and with fleur de lys type half hour marks. It is mounted on the matted dial centre which is supported on three dial feet independently of the dial plate. Surrounding the chapter ring is a rotating minute ring with divisions and numbers as on the chapter ring and inscribed at the top ‘APPARET TIME'. The spandrels are of a cherub and flower design (Cescinsky & Webster, No.7) introduced by Tompion and used mainly by him. Between the spandrels fine scrolling foliage is engraved and at the lower edge ‘THO. TOMPION.LONDON.INVENT.' Curved openings below the dial centre show the days of the week, each with its appropriate deity. Similar openings above the chapter ring display an annual calendar and the sun's position in the zodiac. Finely pierced steel hands, the minute hand being accurately balanced and having a gilt tip to point to apparent time. Movement: The year timepiece movement has no seat board but rests directly on metal plates on the tops of the reinforced sides of the case. The movement is inverted, with the escapement at the bottom, and is made in two sections with the barrel assembly and the second wheel in a small frame to the rear. The remainder of the train and all the calendar and equation work are mounted on the large front plate. Bolt and shutter maintaining power is fitted to protect the delicate escapement and is operated by a lever on the right hand side of the dial. The equation cam, on the same arbor as the annual calendar, is driven by a vertical arbor from the motion work. A bell crank which follows the cam carries a rack which engages with a wheel at the centre of the apparent time ring and moves it backwards or forwards as required. Case: Has an oak carcase veneered with burr walnut and with narrow herring-bone bandings. The skirting appears to be original. The case has a rising hood, originally without a door and with acanthus design side frets of walnut veneer. The very elaborate superstructure appears to be of slightly different carcase wood and to be slightly later in date than the rest of the hood. A disturbing feature of the case is that, with the hood door closed, both calendar and zodiac slots are covered and when the door is opened only the calendar slot is visible. Arising from a consideration of these peculiarities it is suggested that the hood, originally without a door, had only a modest-sized superstructure. Traces remain of the spoon lock for securing the hood and the catch for holding it in the raised position. The hood would have had to be raised for winding or adjusting the clock when both calendar and zodiac slots would have been visible. It is quite probable that the original customer wanted a more imposing clock in keeping with a lofty room and the large caddy top with its elaborate mounts was then provided. The hood thus became too unwieldy to raise for winding or setting the clock so a door was made. The trunk door has its original iron lock and hinges, exceptionally three in number. The remain¬ing mounts are of gilt brass and include fine vase and urn finials, a central figure of a warrior, probably Mars, and fine repoussé frieze frets consisting of strapwork and of floral scrolls wtih central female mask and cherub heads at the corners. Like other special clocks the trunk door has tiny metal spandrels in the corners. The `gothic' shaped metal frame to the pendulum window is also used on the William III clock mentioned belowand resembles a design by David Marot. M.22-1947 1 accession number M.22-1947 95862 priref 95862 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/95862 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/95862 at bottom of dial engraved THO.TOMPION. LONDON.INVENT name reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by S.E. Prestige, through the National Art Collections Fund. reference agent-150066 adlib-agent-150066 eac0bcc0-4628-323a-939c-82e371318ef5 Prestige, Sidney Ernest 1947 1947 1947 given Entry date: 1947-12-12 1695 1695 CE 1695 circa 1695 1700 1 1700 CE 1700 circa 1700 maker of movement reference agent-135477 adlib-agent-135477 753ca684-9b23-3366-a70a-0aecd125e05c Tompion, Thomas It is instructive to compare this clock with the year equation clock made for William III and dated c.1695 (see Symonds, figs. 22, 23, 64). This has a small break arch to expose the calendar and zodiac slots and its rising hood is also cut for a door. Apart from the upper parts of the hoods the cases are virtually identical. This clock is said to have been supplied by Tompion to Drayton House, which Lady Mary Mordaunt, Duchess of Norfolk inherited from her father in 1697. Lady Mary had separated from the Duke of Norfolk and formed a liason with Sir John Germane, whom she married after being divorced from the Duke in 1700. She died in 1705. In 1718 when Sir John died, the house was inherited by his second wife, Lady Betty Germaine. An inventory of the contents of Drayton House taken in 1710 mentions 'In the Great Hall itself . . . One Clock', and an inventory of 1724 mentions 'No. 36 In the great Hall . . . 1 large clock', which might have referred to this one. reference term-106453 adlib-term-106453 60056370-7375-3dac-996c-6cc9d5db35a9 17th Century, Late reference term-113535 adlib-term-113535 9d4561de-f4d2-3b0b-8788-65f3bbbf7bca William III (1650-1702) reference term-106216 adlib-term-106216 825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0 literal England England country . London reference term-38432 adlib-term-38432 574d1fc9-f958-3d45-9e32-c114b0cf87b4 oak Height cm 262.2 Height cm 2642 Height ft 8'8" reference media-183291 adlib-media-183291 30178133-1096-3f86-ba28-d9036c327f18 jpeg aa/aa29/m_22_1947_1_201304_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 1024 width pixels 388 1616247472195 1 image jpeg aa/aa29/m_22_1947_1_201304_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 1024 width pixels 388 1616247472195 1 image jpeg aa/aa29/m_22_1947_1_201304_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 1024 width pixels 388 1616247472195 1 image jpeg aa/aa29/preview_m_22_1947_1_201304_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 660 width pixels 250 1616247472195 1 image 0 media image reference media-183292 adlib-media-183292 435feaec-979a-3234-bbcf-5f9022539f95 jpeg aa/aa29/m_22_1947_2_201304_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 1024 width pixels 870 1616251233367 1 image jpeg aa/aa29/mid_m_22_1947_2_201304_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 589 width pixels 500 1616251233367 1 image jpeg aa/aa29/m_22_1947_2_201304_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 1024 width pixels 870 1616251233367 1 image jpeg aa/aa29/preview_m_22_1947_2_201304_mfj22_mas.jpg 1 height pixels 294 width pixels 250 1616251233367 1 image 1 media image reference media-67802 adlib-media-67802 083e61eb-52e2-3efd-8b13-158af0680804 jpeg aa/aa20/M_22_1947.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 598 1616239676799 1 image jpeg aa/aa20/mid_M_22_1947.jpg 1 height pixels 635 width pixels 500 1616239676799 1 image jpeg aa/aa20/M_22_1947.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 598 1616239676799 1 image jpeg aa/aa20/preview_M_22_1947.jpg 1 height pixels 318 width pixels 250 1616239676799 1 image 2 media image reference media-206239 adlib-media-206239 a78d34b4-e782-3a2e-9e34-998213f2f2b5 jpeg aa/aa37/m_22_1947_2_201211_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 1024 width pixels 766 1616270995626 1 image jpeg aa/aa37/mid_m_22_1947_2_201211_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 668 width pixels 500 1616270995626 1 image jpeg aa/aa37/m_22_1947_2_201211_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 1024 width pixels 766 1616270995626 1 image jpeg aa/aa37/preview_m_22_1947_2_201211_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 334 width pixels 250 1616270995626 1 image 3 media image reference media-206240 adlib-media-206240 4a4023d4-dd1d-3e1c-8743-81b6c2a2e21f jpeg aa/aa37/m_22_1947_3_201211_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 941 width pixels 1024 1616252581615 1 image jpeg aa/aa37/mid_m_22_1947_3_201211_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 459 width pixels 499 1616252581615 1 image jpeg aa/aa37/m_22_1947_3_201211_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 941 width pixels 1024 1616252581615 1 image jpeg aa/aa37/preview_m_22_1947_3_201211_amt49_dc2.jpg 1 height pixels 230 width pixels 250 1616252581615 1 image 4 media image reference media-1930741001 portfolio portfolio-media-1930741001 2f932c46-f2d3-34d8-a4b7-75fe394bd5ac jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/603/857/large_M_22_1947.jpg 1 height pixels 683 width pixels 1024 1543396634000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/603/857/mid_M_22_1947.jpg 1 height pixels 333 width pixels 500 1543396634000 1 image M.22-1947.JPG 1543396634000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/603/857/preview_M_22_1947.jpg 1 height pixels 167 width pixels 250 1543396634000 1 image 5 media image reference term-115998 adlib-term-115998 4157ba3c-d442-37f6-b163-df01463b7ec0 Year Equation Timepiece longcase clock history note Said to have been supplied by Tompion to Drayton House, home of Lady Mary Mordaunt, Duchess of Norfolk after her separation from the Duke in 1692. It remained there until 1928 when it was acquired by Francis P. Garvan; J.S. Sykes; S.E. Prestige. reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Publ. p. 61-63 figs.24-27, p. 86, fig. 65, p. 102 figs. 91,92, p.269 61-3, 269 reference publication-5606 adlib-publication-5606 e6805846-a102-3364-b43d-3abd16b74c8d Thomas Tompion, His Life and Work reference publication-15 adlib-publication-15 a688918a-bb81-3998-99cc-81244715767d The Fitzwilliam Museum, An Illustrated Survey Publ. p. 177-8, figs.8/27-30 177-8 reference publication-6562 adlib-publication-6562 0ed3912a-e719-3650-8295-ab8a2bac4b7d The Longcase Clock Publ. pls. 295-298, 405-406 220 reference publication-6561 adlib-publication-6561 250bb243-e9a6-3506-bfea-d69cde188e7d Early English Clocks : a discussion of domestic clocks up to the beginning of the eighteenth century Publ. pp. 252-8; p.254, fig.2 252-8 reference publication-200002344 adlib-publication-200002344 66b3afe0-c64a-302b-8a36-6a89aad784d1 ‘How to buy a Stubbs on 2,600 a year, the Fitzwilliam and the National Art Collections Fund' Publ. p.64, fig.92A (whole clock) and fig.92B (dial). 64 reference publication-6564 adlib-publication-6564 347c246b-1bc3-331d-a2e8-f804923d9840 Brit¬ish Longcase Clocks Publ. p. 342-9; illustrated p. 342, fig.1 and p. 344, fig.4. 342-49 reference publication-200002347 adlib-publication-200002347 5d16ea10-4463-3b38-b727-8cebb32a244b 'An examination of the case of two Tompion year equation clocks' Publ. Unpaginated p. 10 10 reference publication-5738 adlib-publication-5738 70f4733d-f403-3c84-b19f-8f7cdbfb3d59 Mission Impossible? Ethics and Choices in Conservation, Brief Guide Ref. Drayton House Inventories of 1710 and 1724, respectively, p. 128 (of publication) mention of a clock in the Great Hall; p. 136 (of publication) mention of 1 large clock in the Great Hall 128, 136 reference publication-5881 adlib-publication-5881 8c54fe67-0ca6-366f-b22a-682d188f59d8 Noble Households, Eighteenth-Century Inventories of Great English Houses, A Tribute to John Cornforth reference term-10624 adlib-term-10624 c882b99a-0b49-320e-8d8a-fd72a34d8848 Baroque reference term-115999 adlib-term-115999 1c32a7fd-092f-3239-ad39-6ebea69a33d4 Drayton House

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