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Preferred term

Lantern clocks  

Definition

  • Small metal clocks whose case is an openwork frame resembling a lantern [AAT 94, alt.]; originally made to hang on the wall and to be weight driven; popular 17th-early 18th cs. (but existed as early as 14th c.?)

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Bed post clocks
  • Cromwellian clocks

Notation

  • 113815

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-T5FNK9XM-C

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