Accession No

0677

Brief Description

oil nightlight clock

Origin

Maker

Class

horology

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass); glass

Dimensions

height 312mm; base diameter 109mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Purchased from Antique Art Galleries, London, England, on 25/06/1931.

Inscription

M5943 2.20 K/SE/-

Description Notes

Circular brass base in the form of a candlestick holding long glass cylinder with vertical scale divided downwards X - XII, I - [VI and 30 minutes], numbered by I, subdivided to 30 minutes. Ground glass top to cylinder would once have held a stopper to prevent evaporation of the oil. At the base of the cylinder is a hole through which a wick may be passed; the outer end of the wick is supported in a brass trough protruding from the top of the stand.
Marked on base of stand: ‘M5943 K/se/- 2.2.0’.

Condition good (some corrosion of base); incomplete (stopper missing).

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