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Bracket clock

Bracket clock
Bracket Clock circa 1700 by [[Daniel Quare]] on display at the [[Walker Art Gallery]], Liverpool

A bracket clock is a style of antique portable table clock made in the 17th and 18th centuries.{{cite encyclopedia

These clocks were almost always repeaters, that is striking clocks which could be made to repeat the striking of the hours at the pull of a lever or cord. This feature was used before artificial illumination to tell what time it was at night. However, because they were often used in bedrooms where the hourly striking of the bell could disturb sleepers, they either had a knob to silence the hourly striking, or did not strike on the hour at all but only at the pull of the cord. These were called 'silent pull repeaters'.

A bracket clock with matching wall bracket, made around 1735 by Nicolas Delaunay, a watchmaker of Paris.

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