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Turret Clock from Combe Church, Oxfordshire, Early 17th Century?

Inventory Number 47002


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.47002

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Rector of Combe Church, Oxfordshire in1937.
Physical material
Iron
Wood
Object type
Turret clock
Dimensions
Height: 1050mm Width: 1010mm Depth: 640mm Weight: 83kg
Inventory No
47002
Accession Number
1937-23

Description

Large Iron frame with each leg resting on wooden tree stumps which act as feet. Inside there are two wooden cylinders mounted horizontally to a series of cogs. There are six loose accessories comprising a wheel, a cog, a washer and three metal rods.

Verge and foliot escapement restored by Henry Minn in 1937.