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lantern clock

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lantern clock [′lan·tərn ‚kläk]
(horology)
A wall-mounted clock with weights and pendulum outside the case.
A 17th-century clock characterized by a dome and open fretwork.
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The brass lantern clock, made by William Bowyer in 1623, is engraved with a Memento Mori scene of a skeleton on one side and on the other, Chronus, the Greek god of time, walking with his scythe.
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Lantern clock production lasted for barely 150 years and in that time, they were particularly common, given that they were made entirely by hand and were thus expensive.
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One of the first house clocks was made in the shape of a lantern and was called a lantern clock.
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