Hooded wall clock with calendar, Clockmaker: Ahasuerus I Fromanteel (British, Norwich, England 1607–1693), ca. 1660–65, British, London, Case: ebony and oak veneered with ebony, ebonized wood, and gilded brass; Dial: gilded brass with silvered-brass chapter ring; Movement: brass and steel, Overall: 19 1/2 × 12 × 7 1/4 in. (49.5 × 30.5 × 18.4 cm), Horology, Clockmaker: Ahasuerus I Fromanteel (British, Norwich, England 1607–1693), Ahasuerus Fromanteel introduced the pendulum clock to England shortly after its invention by Dutch mathematician Christiaan Huygens in 1656. The use of the pendulum necessitated a new case form for the clock movement: early English pendulum clocks were housed in severely architectural wooden cases
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Hooded wall clock, calendar, Clockmaker, Ahasuerus I Fromanteel, British, Norwich, England 1607–1693, ca, 1660–65, London, Case, ebony, oak veneered, ebonized wood, gilded brass, Dial, silvered-brass chapter ring, Movement, brass, steel, Overall, 19 1/2, 12, 7 1/4, 49.5, 30.5, 18.4 cm, Horology, Clockmaker: Ahasuerus, England, 1607–1693, introduced, pendulum shortly, invention, Dutch mathematician, Christiaan, Huygens, 1656, necessitated, new case, form, clock movement, early English, pendulum, clocks, housed, severely architectural, wooden, cases
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