Mechanical Compositions

Musical picture clock

Musical picture clock

Great Britain, Birmingham

early 19th century

Thomas Brown

Metal, glass, wood, gold leaf; oil painting

49 x 36 x 19 cm

On clock movement "Thos. Brown, Birmingham No.48079"; handwritten inscription inside the case: "267/Feb. 9"

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Oil-on-metal picture within a painted oval with gilt spandrels, depicting a rural scene of figures in a horse drawn cart passing by a church with a windmill on a nearby hill and a river in the distance, the clock fitted in the church tower is driven by a fusee and chain movement signed Thos. Brown, Birmingham No.48079 with verge escapement and ivory pull-wind wheel, the movement connected to the windmill and causing the sails to revolve.

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