Clocks · Clock
Rosewood English striking four glass clock by Barraud & Lund, Cornhill, London
- Maker / attribution
- Cornhill Barraud & Lund (maker)
- Date
- c. 1840
- Historical period
- Precision & Scientific Horology (1750 – 1850)
- Country of origin
- England
- Place
- London
- Object type
- Clock
- Dimensions
- Height 38 cm
- Stock no.
- Product 2514
- Credit line
- Dealer listing, The Antique Clock Company (product 2514)
- Catalogue title (original)
- IMPRESSIVE ROSEWOOD ENGLISH STRIKING FOUR GLASS CLOCK – BARRAUD & LUND, CORNHILL, LONDON – No.1856 (English)
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Record summary
Catalogued by The Antique Clock Company (dealer), Dorset (stock number Product 2514), this is a clock by Cornhill Barraud & Lund, made in London, England, dated c. 1840. The Atlas places it in the Precision & Scientific Horology period (1750 – 1850) of its Clocks collection. Recorded dimensions: Height 38 cm. The record is illustrated with 2 photographs.
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Catalogue description
Dealer description — The Antique Clock Company
A stunning quality English 8-day striking fusee four glass bracket clock in an exceptional rosewood case. The substantial twin fusee movement with anchor escapement strikes the hours on a bell. 6 ¾” painted dial with Roman numerals is signed “Barraud & Lund, Cornhill, London” and also numbered “1856”, the dial is finished with the original finely blued steel hands. The impressive rosewood case with glazed doors to the front, back, and glazed panels to both sides. Victorian clock making at its very best. Barraud & Lunds: The company was founded by the eminent chronometer maker Paul Philip Barraud at Cornhill, London C.1795. They changed their name to Barraud & Lunds in 1838 when John Richard Lund became a partner, and the company finally closed in 1929. During their time, they were celebrated makers for their high-quality chronometers, pocket watches and clocks. Comparative Literature: Paul Philip Barraud – by Cedric Jagger – 1968 Height: 15 ” or 38cm
Provenance
Private collection U.K.
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.
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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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