Longcase clock with calendar, Clockmaker: Thomas Tompion (British, 1639–1713), ca. 1700, British, London, Case: walnut; oak veneered with walnut; and string inlays of holly and stained holly; Dial: partly gilded and partly silvered brass; Movement: brass and steel, Overall: 94 × 19 × 10 1/2 in. (238.8 × 48.3 × 26.7 cm), Horology, Clockmaker: Thomas Tompion (British, 1639–1713), This eight-day clock with anchor escapement and 11.4 seconds-beating pendulum is numbered 344. Although the seconds-beating long pendulum (approximately 39 inches in length) became standard for longcase clocks in the late seventeenth century, a few clockmakers experimented with longer pendulums
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Longcase clock, calendar, Clockmaker, Thomas Tompion, British, 1639–1713, ca, 1700, London, Case, walnut, oak veneered, string inlays, holly, stained holly, Dial, partly gilded, silvered brass, Movement, brass, steel, Overall, 94, 19, 10 1/2, 238.8, 48.3, 26.7 cm, Horology, Clockmaker: Thomas, eight-day, clock, anchor escapement, 11.4 seconds-beating, pendulum, numbered 344, seconds-beating long, approximately 39, inches, length, standard, longcase clocks, late seventeenth, century, clockmakers experimented, longer pendulums
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