Conical Pendulum clock
The partially painted brass case (imitating enamel) is in the form of cupola with five turned brass columns. The pendulum rotates within the colonnade; its crutch piece is fitted with a pointer that runs against a rough scale giving notional seconds indication. The time is shown by a single hour ring which is visible through an aperture in the decorative base.
The conical pendulum was popular as a novelty addition to domestic clocks in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Never good timekeepers, these clocks had visual appeal and also run, virtually, without noise.
A French manufacturer of novelty clocks, M. Eugene Farcot, exhibited an impressive longcase clock with a twenty-five metre conical pendulum suspended from the ceiling at the Paris Exhibition in 1878.
The conical pendulum was popular as a novelty addition to domestic clocks in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Never good timekeepers, these clocks had visual appeal and also run, virtually, without noise.
A French manufacturer of novelty clocks, M. Eugene Farcot, exhibited an impressive longcase clock with a twenty-five metre conical pendulum suspended from the ceiling at the Paris Exhibition in 1878.
Object Details
| ID: | ZAA0697 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Timekeeping |
| Type: | Conical Pendulum clock |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Date made: | Unknown |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Foulkes Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 175 x 90 x 90 mm |