Clocks: CL0003

Title

A wooden cased mantel clock

Technique

Mixed media

Artist

Frodsham, Charles

Dimensions

Height: 23cm
Width: 18.4cm
Depth: 12.4cm

Other materials

Wooden case with brass surround to face; ceramic face; brass mechanism

Inscription/signature

"S F / 14" (t.c. of face); "CHAS. FRODSHAM / CLOCK MAKER TO THE QUEEN" (on face); "PARI[S]" (b.c. of face but chipped); (CHAS FRODSHAM / CLOCK. MAKER. TO.THE. QUEEN / PARIS) (engr. on verso of mechanism); "21912 / 14" (serial number on mechanism b.c.); "19413 / B1153 / 9657 / 3962" (inscr. pencil on inside of back door)

A wooden cased mantel clock.The serial number 21921 and inscription "PARIS" on the face suggests this is in fact a French clock sold by Frodsham in London, perhaps as late as 1915. Unlike other Frodsham clocks in the Garrick it was not bought by the Club to furnish the new Club House in 1864.