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Maker(s)
Clockmaker:
Porthouse
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Description
Dial: Break-arch brass dial plate, 14 inches wide, the silvered centre engraved with scrolling foliage, and with bold rococo spandrels of a North Country type. Silvered chapter ring with the days of the month on the inner edge. Silvered lunar dial in arch with the moon's age engraved round its edge. At top of arch a curved silvered plaque engraved ‘Joseph & Ann Harrison 1772'. Rare type of tidal dial in segmental opening below dial centre. This is engraved ‘HW' (High Water), ‘HE' (High Ebb), ‘LW' (Low Water) and ‘HF' (High Flood) twice and accom¬panied by a continuous seascape with ships at High Water but not at Low Water. Pierced and blued steel hands with a simple steel calendar hand.
Movement: 8 day movement with rack striking and anchor escapement.
Case: Mahogany carcase veneered with figured mahogany and with mahogany cross banding to trunk door and raised plinth panel. Canted corners to plinth, fluted quarter columns to trunk, and detached fluted col¬umns having turned wooden capitals and bases to hood. Blind fret above trunk door. Blue glass panels in frieze with gilt decoration of birds and foliage. Horn-top pediment with brass paterae and central brass finial surmounted by an eagle. Square super¬structure at corners of hood. An old paper stuck on inside of trunk door states `This clock was set up in the ‘Hards', Abbey Town, Cumberland in the year 1772'. It was removed from there in 1892. It is in its original state and is attributed to ‘Porthouses' Penrith 1770.
Notes
History note: Joseph and Ann Harrison, 'Hards', Abbey Town, Cumberland, from 1772-1892; uncertain until donor
Legal notes
Given by Lt. Col. Edward Limb
Measurements and weight
Height: 243.8 cm
Height: 8 ft
Place(s) associated
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1955-10-19)
by
Limb, Edward
Dating
18th Century, third quarter
George III
Production date:
AD 1772
Note
A typical Lancashire type case, see Documentation, Roberts, 1990.
Components of the work
Carcase
composed of
mahogany
Cross Banding
composed of
mahogany
Veneer
composed of
mahogany
Finial
Height 3 in
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: An old paper stuck on
- Text: `This clock was set up in the ‘Hards', Abbey Town, Cumberland in the year 1772'. It was removed from there in 1892. It is in its original state and is attributed to ‘Porthouses' Penrith 1770.
- Location: Inside the trunk door
- Type: Label
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.14-1955
Primary reference Number: 162436
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Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020
Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
