Electrical manufacturer
Ferranti
Also recorded as: Ferranti Limited · Ferranti Ltd
Electrical engineering firm that produced mains-synchronous electric clocks in the 1930s.
Founded on the work of Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti, a pioneer of alternating-current power, the company manufactured meters, transformers and later electronics. When Britain's grid standardised on a controlled 50 Hz frequency in the 1930s, synchronous clocks — driven by small motors locked to the mains frequency — became practical, and Ferranti made them in large numbers, often in Bakelite and Art Deco cases.
- Country
- England
- City / centre
- Hollinwood, Lancashire
- Founded
- 1882 (Ferranti, Thompson and Ince); Ferranti Ltd 1905
- Status
- Defunct (1993)
- Key people
- Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti (1864–1930)
Innovations & specialities
- Mains-synchronous electric clocks
Works by Ferranti in the catalogue
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Clocks · 1928-1939
Mains-powered clock, made by Ferranti Ltd, 1930s.
Science Museum Group, London
Clocks · 1930-1950
Ferranti electric mantel clock. (Science Museum Group Y1996.10.355)
Science Museum Group, London
Clocks · 1930-1940
Ferranti electric wall clock. (Science Museum Group Y1996.10.654)
Science Museum Group, London
Clocks · 1930-1950
Mantle clock with Ferranti electric mechanism.
Science Museum Group, London
Clocks · 1932
Ferranti Ltd Model 4 electric clock, 1932.
Science Museum Group, London
Clocks · 1933
Ferranti model 105 electric mantel clock, 1933.
Science Museum Group, London
Clocks · 1936
Ferranti model 131 electric mantel clock, 1936.
Science Museum Group, London
Clocks · 1938
Ferranti model 9 electric mantel clock, 1938.
Science Museum Group, London
Clocks · 1945-1955
Model 947 electric mains clock made by Ferranti Ltd, c.1950.
Science Museum Group, London
Clocks · 1947
Ferranti electric wall clock, c. 1947.
Science Museum Group, London
Clocks · 1947
Ferranti model 10 electric clock. c.1947.
Science Museum Group, London
Clocks · 1952
Ferranti model 403 electric mantel clock, c. 1952.
Science Museum Group, London
Linked through the Atlas maker authority list, which reconciles the spellings used by different institutions. Attributions are as stated by each holding institution or auction house.
