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Bracket Clock

Windmills, 1725

The wooden case is unusually covered with panels of mirror-glass. There are glass panels at the four corners, with brass capitals and bases. At the four corners of the arched pediment are brass finials in the form of urns with flames rising from them. Part of a donation of 16 gifts and 1 bequest to five museums by the Brigadier Clark Fund through the Art Fund between 1936 and 1992.

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Title of artwork, date

Bracket Clock, 1725

Date supported

1964

Medium and material

Oak, walnut, brass

Dimensions

56 x 43 x 25 cm

Gifted by

Brigadier Clark Fund

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