IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 140583 accession number: M.10-1948 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 24 March 2023 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Dial: The dial consists of two shallow rotating drums each carrying twelve white enamel plaques with black markings. The lower one has roman numerals for the hours and the upper one has dots for the minutes which are marked every five with arabic numerals. There is a fixed arrow design hand. Movement: 8 day circular movement striking hours and half hours hours on a bell. With later platform lever escapement. The back plate stamped ‘Lefrand a Paris 281' and the inside of the bell stamped ‘Amant'. The movement probably early nineteenth century. Case: Of bluejohn stone (fluospar) in the form of an urn, with fine quality ormolu mounts including goats' heads joined by swags of flowers, the vase and base united by acanthus foliage, and formerly with a pineapple ? finial now missing. object type: Bracket clock with 8 day circular movement. In form of an urn. title: bracket clock LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by C.D. Rotch STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/140583 CATEGORIES ------ category: clocks DATING ------ creation date: 1775 - 1775 creation date earliest: 1775 creation date latest: 1775 culture: 18th Century, Late CREATORS -------- maker: Lefrand DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 47.6 dimension: Height units: in value: 18 3/4