Lantern Clock

Description:

Joseph Hall of London, England, made this clock about 1680. It is a weight-driven style of domestic clock made entirely of metal and named after its shape, which roughly resembles a lantern. English emigrants from Bermuda purportedly brought the clock to Massachusetts around 1700.

At that time, a brass lantern clock or a tall case clock with a brass movement would have been among the most expensive items its owners possessed. More important as status symbols than as precise timekeepers, the clocks often had only an hour hand. Most people did not require to-the-minute accuracy.

Date Made: ca 1700

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United Kingdom: England, London

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Credit Line: G. Norman Albree

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: CL.334367Catalog Number: 334367Accession Number: 314557

Object Name: clock

Physical Description: brass (overall material)Measurements: overall - clock: 10 in x 4 1/8 in x 5 in; 25.4 cm x 10.4775 cm x 12.7 cmoverall - pendulum: 2 1/4 in x 1 3/8 in x 3/8 in; 5.715 cm x 3.4925 cm x .9525 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-b9f2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_659479

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