Table or bracket clock

Clockmaker: John Andrews British

1690

Not on view

This type of clock movement has a short pendulum, enabling the clock to be small enough to sit on a shelf or a bracket. The clock has an engraved back plate that was fashionable in late seventeenth-century London. The engraving was done by a relatively small group of specialists who had varying degrees of skill. Their work is unsigned and for the most part remains anonymous. The signature here is that of the maker of the movement, the clockmaker John Andrews.

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Title: Table or bracket clock
Maker: Clockmaker: John Andrews (British, recorded 1680–1708)
Date: 1690
Culture: British, London
Medium: Gilded brass and steel; Case: walnut, walnut veneer, and gilded brass
Dimensions: Overall: 15 1/2 × 10 × 6 1/2 in. (39.4 × 25.4 × 16.5 cm)
Classification: Horology
Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
Object Number: 64.101.861
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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