Clock case, Jasperware with applied reliefs and moulding, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, Barlaston, 1996

Record summary

Held and catalogued by Victoria and Albert Museum, London (object number WE.18555-2014), this is a clock case by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, made in Barlaston, dated 1997. The Atlas places it in the Mechanical Renaissance period (1990 – 2010) of its Movements & Components collection. Materials and techniques recorded by the source: Jasperware with applied reliefs and moulding. Recorded dimensions: Height: 115 mm; Length: 98 mm. The record is illustrated with 2 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

Atlas type guide

Cases, keys and accessories

Clock and watch cases protect the movement and express taste and status. Watch cases were made by separate specialist case-makers whose marks, along with assay hallmarks, help to date and place them. Clock cases were the work of cabinet-makers, bronze founders, ceramic factories and silversmiths, so they belong as much to the history of decorative arts as to horology.

Keys, chatelaines, watch stands, watch papers and winding tools are part of the material culture of timekeeping: they show how timepieces were worn, displayed, wound and maintained.

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.