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Astronomical table clock
Artist: Thomas Barry (1756 - circa 1820), James Moorcroft
Location: Walker Art Gallery
Date: 1787
Materials: mahogany, brass & steel
Dimensions: 91 x 42 x 42cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £42,500 (Total: £250,000)
Vendor: Raffety & Walwyn
Review number: 5157 (2002)
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Provenance:
Raffled at Mr Forshaw's Hotel, Liverpool, circa 1787; Jack Guest, Liverpool, circa 1900; then by descent; Brightwells, Leominster, 2000.
Description:
The clock was made in the Liverpool area at the height of the area's international importance as a centre of horological expertise. This clock shows the movement of the sun and moon, planets and stars, and is in full working order.
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