IRON GOTHIC STYLE VERGE AND FOLIOT WEIGHT DRIVEN LANTERN WALL CLOCK #2

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IRON GOTHIC STYLE VERGE AND FOLIOT WEIGHT DRIVEN LANTERN WALL CLOCK #2:
$474.75

A weight driven iron gothic style wall clock with foliot controlled verge escapement. A very simple and quite crudely made mechanism of unknown age but most likely a 19th c or possibly later copy of a later 14th or earlier15th century wall clock, some of which may be seen in museums. Complete with original foliot weights and drive weight.
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The clock is in good working order. The iron mechanism has old black paint and it is somewhat rusty as might be expected but seems to have a nice aged look which is what you would want in a clock like this I imagine. The clock is rather erratic in its time keeping but this is due to the primitive nature of the escapement and foliot. It has a very short duration of around 12 to 18 hours or so and because of this I have only occasionally bothered to wind it for amusement. Really more for show than for timekeeping. Dimensions
Overall height 10” (25.2 cm)
Dial diameter 5 3/8” (13.6 cm)
Total projection from wall 6 1/2” (16.5 cm)Packed weight 4.6 kgDimensions 39 x 39 x 23