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Brass lantern clock, signed Thomas Loomes Londini Fecit
 
 

 

UK 21/10
 

A traditional lantern clock, mainly brass movement, going train on a (reconstructed) balance wheel escapement,  striking the hours on a single bell via count wheel, alarm, on ropes and weights, brass dial plate, silvered brass chapter ring and alarm disc, signature on the front dolphin fret, single steel hand,  posted brass frame, brass doors to the sides, iron back plate with wall spikes, hanging loop on the top plate, height 38 cm, around 1660.

Literature : Brian Loomes – “The Early Clockmakers of Great Britain” – page 363.

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