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Grande sonnerie carriage clock
A grande sonnerie carriage clock, No. 1608, by Vulliamy of London, made circa 1843
The twin chain fusee movement has a lever platform escapement and strikes the quarters followed by the hour every fifteen minutes. The veneered case has an ebonised finish and is surmounted by a brass carrying handle. The silvered brass dial has a finely engine-turned centre with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial. The clock is kept in a velvet-lined leather bound travelling case with glazed aperture to view the dial.
The twin chain fusee movement has a lever platform escapement and strikes the quarters followed by the hour every fifteen minutes. The veneered case has an ebonised finish and is surmounted by a brass carrying handle. The silvered brass dial has a finely engine-turned centre with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial. The clock is kept in a velvet-lined leather bound travelling case with glazed aperture to view the dial.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZAA0251 |
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| Collection: | Timekeeping |
| Type: | Travelling clock |
| Display location: | Display - ROG |
| Creator: | Vulliamy |
| Date made: | ca.1843 |
| People: | Camperdown, Earl of (son of Adml Duncan) |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 240 x 142 x 125 mm |
| Parts: | Grande sonnerie carriage clock |