Longcase clock with calendar, Clockmaker: Thomas Tompion, ca. 1700

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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. ( × × cm), Horology, Clockmaker: Thomas Tompion (British, 1639–1713), This eight-day clock with anchor escapement and 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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