Clocks · Clock
Clock by Gustaf Eklund, Finland, 02.11.1835-18.12.1861, 1835-1861
- Maker / attribution
- Gustaf Eklund (maker)
- Date
- 02.11.1835-18.12.1861, 1835-1861
- Historical period
- Precision & Scientific Horology (1750 – 1850)
- Country of origin
- Finland
- Place
- Finland, Pohjois-Savo, Kuopio, Kuopion lääni
- Object type
- Clock
- Materials / technique
- veneer, mahogany, surface material, ytmaterial, mahogny, brass, glass, havupuu, pine, base material, softwood, bottenmaterial
- Dimensions
- height: 126 cm; width: 41.2 cm; diameter, dial: 23.3 cm; depth, max., otsalauta: 19 cm; width, runko: 32.3 cm; depth, runko: 15.2 cm; height, runko-osa: 104 cm; height, yläkoriste: 7 cm; height, alakoriste: 15 cm
- Holding institution
- Kuopion kulttuurihistoriallinen museo
- Accession / object no.
- KHMESIE4535:1
- Credit line
- Kuopion kulttuurihistoriallinen museo (via Finna)
- Catalogue title (original)
- kello (Finnish)
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Record summary
Held and catalogued by Kuopion kulttuurihistoriallinen museo (object number KHMESIE4535:1), this is a clock by Gustaf Eklund, made in Finland, Pohjois-Savo, Kuopio, Kuopion lääni, dated 02.11.1835-18.12.1861, 1835-1861. The Atlas places it in the Precision & Scientific Horology period (1750 – 1850) of its Clocks collection. Materials and techniques recorded by the source: veneer, mahogany, surface material, ytmaterial, mahogny, brass, glass, havupuu, pine, base material, softwood, bottenmaterial. Recorded dimensions: height: 126 cm; width: 41.2 cm; diameter, dial: 23.3 cm; depth, max., otsalauta: 19 cm; width, runko: 32.3 cm; depth, runko: 15.2 cm; height, runko-osa: 104 cm; height, yläkoriste: 7 cm; height, alakoriste: 15 cm. The record is illustrated with 4 photographs.
Assembled from the source record's structured fields. Dates and attributions are given as the source states them; where a field is missing the Atlas leaves it blank rather than estimating.
Catalogue description
Description — Kuopion kulttuurihistoriallinen museo
fyysinen kuvaus: Korkea, lasitettu, umpinainen mahonkiviilutettu kaappi. Koristeena mahonkilistoitus. Otsakoriste profiloiduista listoista. Kaapin sisällä messinkiset punnnukset ja lyhyt heiluri. Kaapin sisus maalattu mustaksi. Kellotaulu valkeaksi maalattu, mustat roomalaiset numerot ja signeeraus, 2 vetoreikää. Kellotaulun ympärillä messingistä valettu, ornamentein koristettu reunus (sarja).
Shown in the original language of the source catalogue. An editor-reviewed English translation has not yet been published; we do not publish machine translations as authoritative text.
Inscriptions & marks
signeeraus: G. Eklund / Kuopio, vaakasuuntainen, kellotaulu
Historical context
Precision & Scientific Horology (1750 – 1850)
Harrison solves longitude; Mudge invents the lever; Breguet's Paris workshop defines the modern watch.
The age of the deadbeat escapement, compensated pendulums and observatory regulators. Domestic clocks spread through the middle classes: English longcase and bracket clocks, French gilt-bronze mantel clocks, Viennese Biedermeier wall clocks, Black Forest painted-shield clocks, and the first American shelf clocks.
Read the period in the timelineMore clocks from this periodEarlier: Early Modern Horology
Atlas type guide
Domestic clocks
A clock combines four systems: a source of power (falling weight, coiled spring, or later electricity), a gear train that divides time, an escapement and oscillator that regulate it (foliot, pendulum or balance), and an indicating system of dial and hands or a bell. Its history runs from the large iron weight-driven clocks of the late thirteenth century to Renaissance spring-driven table clocks, the pendulum revolution of 1656, the factory clocks of the nineteenth century and electric and quartz clocks of the twentieth.
Domestic clocks also reflect regional furniture and decorative traditions — English longcase and bracket clocks, French pendules, Viennese regulators, Black Forest and American shelf clocks — and therefore record changing tastes as much as technical progress.
What to look for
- How the clock is powered: weights, spring barrel, fusee, electric coil.
- The oscillator: foliot, short pendulum, long seconds pendulum or balance.
- Whether it strikes: hour only (count wheel) or hours and quarters (rack striking).
- The maker or retailer's name on dial and movement, and any factory trademarks.
- Signs of alteration — replaced dials, converted escapements, 'married' cases.
Dating clues
- Before 1656 clocks used foliots or balances; after, most domestic clocks have pendulums.
- Anchor escapements spread after c. 1670; minute hands became common at the same time.
- Factory production in America and Germany transformed prices after c. 1840.
General guidance written by the Atlas editors about this kind of object. It is not a statement about this particular piece; for that, rely on the source record above and on physical examination.
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