Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Clock, Tall Case |
Catalog Number |
83.82.2239 |
Collection |
Timepiece |
Date |
c.1781 |
Description |
30-hour time and 1/2 hour strike brass and wood movement. Wooden frame with brass wheels, iron cut pinions. Wood winding pulleys, count wheel and strike arbors. Three plates. Foliot strike governor. A hammered brass disk reads, "No. 986 / Marten Lievens Tot Hansbeke 1781," which means that the clock was made by Martin Lievens at Hans Beke in 1781. Silvered chapter ring with black Roman numerals. Brass spandrels attached using square head screws. |
Maker |
Martin Lievens |
Material |
Wood, brass |
Place of Origin |
Hansbeke, Belgium |
Notes |
Dial located at101.108 |