Clock Key
19th century (made)
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Clock key with a hole pierced at the top of the bow.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Copper alloy, partly gilded |
| Brief description | Clock key, Payne and Co, London, England, 19th century |
| Physical description | Clock key with a hole pierced at the top of the bow. |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by John Jones |
| Object history | This is the key to a clock which was made in imitation of 'old Boulle work' with the figure of an eagle on top. It was signed 'Payne & Co, 163 New Bond Street, London, and was 14 1/2 inches high. It was lost presumed stolen in 1924. From the collection of John Jones. Bequeathed to the South Kensington Museum, 1882 |
| Bibliographic reference | See Registered File 1924/5770 for account of loss/presumed theft.Messrs. Foster, Inventory of the Collection of Pictures, Miniatures, Decorative Furniture, Porcelain, Objects of Art, Books formed by the late John Jones, Esq of No 95 Piccadilly And bequeathed by him to the Trustees of the South Kensington Museum for the benefit of the Nation, p.26 no.365; Catalogue of the Jones Collection Part II, 1924, London: Printed under the authority of the Board of Education, 1924, no.259, p.68. |
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| Accession number | 1009-1882 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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