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Lantern Clock
English
17th century or early 20th century
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Brass
Dimensions
Overall: 30.5 x 14.3 x 11.4 cm (12 x 5 5/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler
Accession Number32.291
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Timekeeping
Furniture – Clocks
Furniture – Clocks
DescriptionLantern clock with palmettes in the dial/ face plate corners. Engraved crestings (3) with dolphins. Inside chapter ring nicely engraved with leafy whorls and scrolling. Turned finials on bell domed, and at corners. Pierced and etched brass cresting at front and sides. On four turnip feet. No side panels.
Inscriptions"Tempus edax rerum" (from Ovid's Metamorphoses 15, 234) engraved below dial.